Civil War Crossword Review

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  1. 3. This first major battle in the Civil War in VA and victory for the South.
  2. 5. A slave who started a violent rebellion in VA was captured and executed.
  3. 7. President of the Confederacy
  4. 8. Bloodiest day in America's history.
  5. 10. First shots of the war were fired at this fort.
  6. 11. Lincoln issued this document to free the slaves
  7. 13. Top general of the Confederate army
  8. 14. Lincoln named him commander of all Union Armies in March 1864.
Down
  1. 1. He escaped from slavery and encouraged Lincoln to use African-American soldiers in the army.
  2. 2. Compromise of 1850 admitted CA but added this law which angered the Northerners.
  3. 4. Most famous abolitionist newspaper in the US before the Civil War was.
  4. 6. Confederate genera earned his famous nickname at Bull Run
  5. 9. Battle in PA is considered a turning point in the war.
  6. 12. Court House where Gen. Lee officially surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865.