The Civil War

2. He served as president during the time of the Civil War.
8. Northern soldiers from free states who fought in the Civil War.
9. Lincoln wrote this which declared all slaves in rebel states to be free.
10. This fortification protected Savannah but was captured in 1862 and was put under the union blockade.
12. The capital of Georgia at the time of the Civil War.
14. He served as a Union general and was a key player in the end of the Civil War.
15. A series of deadly battles where troops stormed the town of Atlanta.

1. The event where a large Union blockade was created and extended from the coasts of Virginia to Texas.
3. A location that was one of the largest military prison camps that was known for housing Union soldiers captured from the war in which many died from disease and malnourishment.
4. An event where Sherman split his army in two and decided to do anything to crush the south's fighting spirit.
5. An important Georgia port city.
6. Part of the Anaconda Plan and prevented Confederate commerce and trade.
7. A battle which resulted in the largest Union defeat in the Civil War.
11. Southern soldiers from slave states who fought in the Civil War.
13. A creek that housed a major battle in the Civil War which became a big Union defeat.