Civil War Layered Learning

3. the site of the first major battle of the Civil War.
5. the bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
6. a Union officer famous for leading a bayonet charge at Gettysburg.
8. a Confederate prison camp known for terrible conditions.
9. a Union general known as the “Rock of Chickamauga.”
12. a Native American Confederate general.
13. a U.S. senator who died early in the Civil War while serving in the Union Army.
16. the top general of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
20. a Confederate general known by the nickname “Stonewall.”
21. a famous Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.
23. a Union cavalry general who used aggressive tactics in the Shenandoah Valley.
24. served as the president of the Confederate States of America.
25. the location where Lee surrendered to Grant.
27. a major battle that marked a turning point in the war.
28. the president of the United States during most of the Civil War.
29. one of Robert E. Lee’s most trusted generals.

1. the fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
2. a Union general associated with the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg.
4. the Union general who later became president and accepted the Confederate surrender.
7. a Confederate ironclad warship also known as the Virginia.
10. a Union general known for being overly cautious.
11. a Union naval commander who captured New Orleans.
14. a major Southern city captured during Sherman’s campaign.
15. a Union general defeated at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
17. the proclamation that declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
18. a key Confederate city captured by the Union to control the Mississippi River.
19. the Union general who led the March to the Sea.
22. a Confederate cavalry commander known for his bold raids.
23. a major early battle fought in Tennessee.
25. the Union’s plan to blockade the South and cut off supplies.
26. a Union ironclad warship.