Civil War final project

2. Helped wounded soldiers, found the American Red Cross.
4. Escaped enslaved people who were not returned to Confederate owners.
5. Wanted to preserve the Union, 16th US president.
6. Formerly enslaved people after emancipation
7. The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States to form the Confederate States of America.
12. Freeing someone from slavery.
13. Loyalty to the region, rather than the nation as a whole.
16. Principle commander of the Union Army in Virginia.
17. Underground routes used to help slaves escape.
20. Lee's most affective general, famous for battle of the bull run.
21. Radical abolitionist
22. Metal armored warship used during the Civil War
24. Someone who was against slavery and fought to end it.
25. Northern states that stayed loyal to the U.S, fought to preserve the nation.
28. Weapons used in the war, like cannons.
29. Legal protection suspended by Lincoln during the war

1. Escaped slave who became an abolitionist.
3. Defeated Lees forces in Virginia, 18th US president.
6. The opening of the war in South Carolina, where Confederate artillery bombarded the Union held fort, start of it.
8. The largest battle on the North American continent and a big turning point in Pennsylvania.
9. Withdrawing from a nation, took place in 1860-1861 when South seceded.
10. Conductor for the Underground Railroad, served for the Union Army.
11. Union strategy to blockade the South and control the Mississippi River.
14. An order issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
15. President of Confederate states of America.
18. Naval forces isolating to keep the Union safe.
19. Bullet that increased battlefield casualties.
23. union general, "March of the sea".
26. This victory split the Confederacy in two and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
27. Fought in Maryland, the bloodiest single day battle in American military history with 23,000 casualties.