the civil war

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