Across
- 7. capitol of the US
- 12. Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland,Missori & West Virginia all in the Civil War's middle ground
- 19. this declared "that all persons held as slaves within rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free"
- 20. one of the deadliest day battles that showed the union's determination
Down
- 1. president who issued the emancipation proclamation
- 2. this disgruntled actor assassinated the president at a theater
- 3. Fought between northern united states & southern confederate states
- 4. plan for naval blockade of confederate littoral
- 5. turning point of the civil war that stopped confederate momentum north and boosted union morale
- 6. union general who led forces marching through the south including georgia and the carolinas
- 8. method employed by confederacy to coerce great britain & france to side with the confederates by creating a cotton trade embargo
- 9. Also called the Southern Army, 11 states that seceded from the Union
- 10. Marked as the first major battle of the Civil War,July 21,1861
- 11. leading confederate general
- 13. capital of confederate states of america during the civil war
- 14. where North Virginia's Army surrendered signaling the end of the civil war
- 15. Known as the North, referring to united states governed by federal government
- 16. mandatory enlistment into the military; conscription
- 17. naval battle between confederate & union soldiers that catalyzed a new era of naval warfare
- 18. commanding general who led union armies to victory and was elected as US president