Crossword Puzzle - The Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. Sherman, General Sherman led under Grant at the Battle of Shiloh and the Siege of Vicksburg. He then gained command of his own army and conquered the city of Atlanta.
  2. 5. in Atlanta, General Sherman led 100,000 men to Atlanta, defeating Confederate General John Hood in the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864, with a larger force.
  3. 8. of Vicksburg, Victory for the Union Significance: Union splits the Confederacy in half, Union regained control of the Mississippi River.
  4. 9. Davis, First and only president of the Confederate States of America
  5. 11. Corpus, Lincoln suspended the constitutional right of habeas corpus - the legal rule that anyone imprisoned must be charged of a crime
  6. 12. of Gettysburg, Victory for Union This was turning point for North.
Down
  1. 1. Jackson, Confederate General who won key battles at Bull Run Creek. Was accidentally shot by his own men and died.
  2. 2. Proclamation, Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in southern held territory.
  3. 4. Sumter, Victory for the Confederacy First Battle of the Civil War
  4. 6. 2nd Inaugural Address, Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War
  5. 7. S. Grant, Main general for the Union. Will become the 18th president
  6. 10. E. Lee, Main general of the Confederacy.