Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 8. the longest continuous battle of the Second World War and one in which Canada played a central role
  2. 11. led troops to battle for the Confederacy
  3. 13. recruited African Americans to fight in the Union army
  4. 14. forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863
  5. 15. it was the second bloodiest battle fought west of the Appalachians
Down
  1. 1. involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
  2. 2. awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration of the United States for valor in combat
  3. 3. Vicksburg's strategic location on the Mississippi River
  4. 4. Cared for wounded soldiers
  5. 5. Robert E. Lee's last great victory of the Civil War.
  6. 6. shattered Hood's Army of Tennessee and effectively ended the war in Tennessee.
  7. 7. the first full-scale battle of the Civil War
  8. 9. worked with the Union Army to help slaves travel to the North
  9. 10. effort to reunite the country
  10. 12. War Department bestowed the Medal of Honor for his gallant service at Fort Wagner