End of the Civil War 1863-1865

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Across
  1. 2. Battle known as the turning point for the Union in 1863
  2. 3. Term for states that seceded from the Union
  3. 5. Lincoln's plan for reunifying the nation was called the _______ Plan
  4. 9. Proclamation that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
  5. 10. Union victory that secured control of the Mississippi River
  6. 12. River where the last major Confederate army surrendered
  7. 16. Union strategy to blockade Southern ports
  8. 19. Site of General Lee’s surrender to General Grant
  9. 20. - President of the United States during the Civil War
  10. 21. The 13th Amendment abolished this
  11. 22. President of the Confederate States of America
  12. 23. Location of Lincoln's assassination
  13. 25. 1864 battle that ended in a draw but demonstrated the war's brutality
  14. 26. Law that drafted men into military service
Down
  1. 1. Organization that helped former slaves after the war
  2. 4. Bloodiest single-day battle leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. 6. man who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election
  4. 7. Lincoln's famous proclamation that freed slaves in Confederate states
  5. 8. Famous speech by Lincoln in 1863 emphasizing unity
  6. 11. Union general who accepted the Confederate surrender
  7. 13. Confederate capital that fell in April 1865
  8. 14. Amendment granting citizenship and equal protection
  9. 15. Assassin of President Lincoln
  10. 17. The location of the famous 1864 battle in Georgia that helped Lincoln get reelected
  11. 18. Union general who led the March to the Sea
  12. 20. Confederate general who surrendered at Appomattox Court House
  13. 24. This term describes the Southern states after the war