Across
- 3. a Confederate victory and Federal forces retreated to the defenses of Washington, DC.
- 5. the Civil War's bloodiest battle
- 6. the killing of government leaders
- 8. known as the union
- 9. shell-firing guns, howitzers, and mortars
- 10. The Reconstruction Era
- 12. known as the united states
- 13. occurring or existing before a particular war
Down
- 1. If the Union took the city, they would control the river, and Arkansas,
- 2. known as the Confederate
- 3. knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped to fit the end of a rifle
- 4. known as the south
- 7. was a crucial success for the Union Army, led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee
- 9. a person who sought to abolish slavery
- 11. fought between the Union and the Confederacy
