Civil War

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  1. 4. These people were Union supporters living in Confederate territory.
  2. 6. Supposedly, when Lincoln died, this man said, "Now he belongs to the ages."
  3. 8. On April 27th, this vessel's boiler exploded and between 1200 and 1700 Union soldiers - largely newly released prisoners of war, were killed. This was the worst naval disaster up to that time.
  4. 10. To defeat an army "____ _______" means to defeat it piece by piece. Sheridan hoped to defeat Early's troops "___ _______".
  5. 15. This word means "go around". Gen. Emory told his men to __________ the wagons in the canyon.
  6. 18. Gen. Grimes and Gen. _________ organized a last stand at Mt. Hebron Cemetery
  7. 20. The Shenandoah was known as the _________ of the Confederacy because its fertile farmlands produced a great amount of food
  8. 21. There was hand-to-hand combat between Birge's men and the 31st Georgia in the ______ _______.
  9. 22. This Southern city was evacuated on April 2nd
  10. 25. The Shenandoah Valley ended at H______________, a town that sat where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers joined. John Brown is famous for his role in this town
  11. 27. This is a fancy word for "using". Confederate troops could be sent directly into positions threatening Washington by ___________ the Valley.
  12. 28. Battle which occurred September 21, 1864.
  13. 29. Another name for the Battle of Third Winchester
  14. 30. Custer's men joined this - another word for a jumbled, confused (sometimes hand-to-hand) struggle.
  15. 31. This man shouted "Charge them, boys! Charge them!" then was killed instantly by a shell.
  16. 32. This word means "completely wiped out, completely killed, or completely destroyed". Early felt that only his enemy's incompetence saved him from this.
  17. 35. On April 14th, Lincoln and his wife saw this play at Ford's Theater: "Our ________ ________".
  18. 37. Sherman's men captured this city on September 2, 1864
  19. 38. Battle which occurred October 19, 1864.
  20. 40. Grant put this general in charge of the Union Sixth and Nineteenth Corps, plus two cavalry divisions.
  21. 41. The Shenandoah Valley stretched from L____________ to the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers.
  22. 42. This word means "consequences" - "the ____________ (or consequences) of defeat
  23. 44. This word means "made useless or destroyed" - the Confederate threat in the Valley needed to be _________.
  24. 46. Clara Harris and Major Henry __________ accompanied the Lincoln's to Ford's Theater on the 14th.
  25. 47. ________ Canyon is the first phase of Third Winchester.
  26. 48. A pacifist religious group in the Valley; very prominent in Philadelphia: Q______.
  27. 52. This is the practice of spying or using spies. The Union created __________ networks in the Valley.
  28. 54. This means "to withdraw from (or leave) a nation". Some people wanted to allow the South to do this in order to end the war.
  29. 55. ____________ ___________ and Red Bud Run is the second phase of Third Winchester.
  30. 58. This word means "extremely angered". Gen. Emory was _____________, or extremely angered, in the canyon.
  31. 59. In 1863, the Valley was a ______________ ground (or a place to assemble troops and supplies) for Lee's Gettysburg Campaign.
  32. 60. This man's Republican government was threatened by the Democrats in 1864
  33. 61. Who won the Civil War?
  34. 63. This general marched his troops northward into Maryland and Pennsylvania and even burned Chambersburg, PA.
  35. 64. Grant's headquarters was at ____________ near Petersburg
  36. 65. This general's charge was called "the turning point of the conflict".
Down
  1. 1. The Nineteenth Corps suffered __________ percent casualties, most of whom fell on the Middle Field.
  2. 2. Sheridan was planning to attack the Confederates at this town instead of Winchester
  3. 3. After the hand-to-hand combat with the 31st Georgia, the Federals were pushed back to the ________ ________.
  4. 5. What month did the first major bloodshed occur in?
  5. 6. These battles are minor fights which sometimes happen by chance. There were several __________ in the 1862 Valley Campaign
  6. 7. ________ Farm and Red Bud Run is the third phase of Third Winchester
  7. 9. This Union general replaced Franz Sigel and was responsible for destroying the Virginia Military Institute, mills, barns, public buildings and food and supplies in the Valley.
  8. 11. This man owned the "surrender house" at Appomattox
  9. 12. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his Army to William T. Sherman at the _______ House, near Durham Station, NC.
  10. 13. Fort Collier and _____ _____ is the fourth phase of Third Winchester.
  11. 14. A pacifist religious group in the Valley; was also present at Antietam in 1862: D______.
  12. 15. The Valley was a region of ____________, meaning it was a region for which the armies struggled and fought.
  13. 16. This man wrote about the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in his memoir, "Passing of the Armies"
  14. 17. Something that is _____________ is marked by discussion, dispute, arguments and opposition - like Lee's decision to send troops to the Valley instead of against Sherman in Georgia..
  15. 19. These are "military movements"; they "distressed the Union army"
  16. 21. Thomas _____________ Jackson led the 1862 Valley Campaign
  17. 23. First name of the person who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  18. 24. This woman sent an important message to the Union through Tom Laws, a local freedman.
  19. 26. What state was the Confederate capital in?
  20. 30. This man disbanded his group of partisan rangers on April 20th. Ironically, after the war, he befriended Grant and even accepted Republican political appointments
  21. 32. Who was elected in the presidential election of 1860?
  22. 33. What state seceded from Virginia in 1863 to form it's own state?
  23. 34. What Union owned fort was on an island in Charleston Harbor?
  24. 36. This is the act of gathering information about enemy territory ... Sherman performed ___________ missions before battle.
  25. 39. From April 3-10, the Confederate capital was this Virginia town.
  26. 43. During the Mobile (AL) campaign, this fort fell to ERS Canby. African-American soldiers played an important role in this assault
  27. 45. This man issued General Orders No. 9 on April 10th
  28. 49. What month was the winner of the election of 1860 inaugurated?
  29. 50. How many states seceded?
  30. 51. Grant's Army of the Potomac was in a stalemate with the Army of Northern Virginia around this Southern city.
  31. 53. On April 15th, Lincoln died at the _________ house, across the street from Ford's Theater.
  32. 55. The 1862 Valley Campaign kept Union soldiers busy who might otherwise have been used to help this General attack Richmond, VA.
  33. 56. This colonel's division crossed Red Bud Run and flanked Gordon's division.
  34. 57. A drunken man in Gen. Birge's brigade ordered this type of charge.
  35. 62. Petersburg, this general was killed on April 2nd while trying to reach his troops
  36. 64. At Appomattox Station, this famous cavalry general burned three trains full of supplies for Lee's army