Civil War Layered Learning

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  1. 5. He got his nickname from standing like a wall
  2. 9. A Law that declared all slaves in rebellious South states to be free
  3. 11. He was a Confederacy general who used his agility and intelligence to win the battle of Potomac
  4. 13. He was a Union General who captured Mexico City and became General on August 6th, 1861
  5. 17. He was a successful Confederate general but after the war he was criticized for supporting Grant in becoming President.
  6. 25. Was the first battle of the Civil War to take place on Union soil
  7. 26. A Union Strategy to blockade the South from using the Mississippi
  8. 27. He led a very inconsiderate charge on the Union during the Battle of Gettysburg
  9. 28. Was the first boat used by the Union
  10. 29. A Union General who expressed that the war would not end quickly which led to him being demoted
  11. 30. He became President after being a general in the Civil War
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  1. 1. He was president for most of the war
  2. 2. The Confederacy’s largest prison
  3. 3. He was a Union general who took Ambrose Burnside’s spot as general in 1863
  4. 4. A battle where Lee would surrender to Grant
  5. 6. A battle where the Union won and helped Lincoln’s reelection
  6. 7. A battle that rewarded the Union with the Mississippi River
  7. 8. He was leader of the Confederacy
  8. 10. He was the first Admiral in the U.S. Navy
  9. 12. He surrendered for the Confederacy
  10. 13. The first battle of the Civil War
  11. 14. He was a Union General who Robert E. Lee said he was the best he ever faced
  12. 15. The Confederacy’s first Ironclad boat
  13. 16. He was a Union general most famous for burning 2,000 barns at the valley of Shenandoah
  14. 18. A battle where its result would ruin the Confederacy’s hope of blockading the Mississippi River
  15. 19. Was where the first shots took place
  16. 20. He was a Union general who suffered 6 battle wounds throughout his career
  17. 21. He stood like a rock in the Battle of Chickamauga giving himself a Nickname known as the “Chicamauga Rock”
  18. 22. It was the deadliest battle in the Civil War
  19. 23. He was the only Native American General
  20. 24. He went from a US senator to leading an army of 1,700 soldiers