Civil War Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. proclamation freeing slaves in the south
  2. 5. when Union George Sherman and his troops made plans to march through atlanta and destroy everything
  3. 6. a three minute speech by lincoln inspiring people to continue fighting
  4. 8. bloodiest one day battle in U.S history
  5. 10. attack that marked the beginning of the civil war
  6. 11. naval strategy to prevent the confederacy from trading
Down
  1. 1. battle fought in georgia and significant union defeat
  2. 2. Confederate strategy to withhold cotton from Europe to draw them into war
  3. 4. sherman's men marching through georgia and plundering homes to frighten georgia's civilians into abandoning the confederate cause
  4. 7. a confederate prison camp with one of the highest death rates
  5. 9. site of Battle of Gettysburg, a turning point in the civil war