The American Civil War

3. A network of trains throughout the country to carry goods, people and supplies.
6. The Northern strategy of surrounding the South to cut off trade and supply lines.
7. Order issued by Abraham Lincoln freeing all slaves in areas in active rebellion.
9. A war fought between people within the same country
11. General of the Army of Northern Virginia, the largest Confederate army.
12. Compulsory enlistment into the military.

1. A system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada.
2. The site where Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.
4. President of the Confederate States of America.
5. general who commanded all Union troops.
6. 16th President of the United States of America.
8. The largest battle of the Civil War fought in June of 1863; considered to be the turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union.
10. A network of wires that lets people across the country send and receive messages using Morse code.