The Civil War

2. The site where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union.
5. A critical city in the Civil War's Mississippi campaign.
8. The northern states during the Civil War, opposing the Confederacy.
9. A key river in the Union’s strategy to divide the South.
12. Mandatory recruitment for military service.
13. Slave states loyal to the Union but divided on the war.
18. A pivotal Civil War battle that marked a turning point.
19. The site of two early Civil War battles that ended in Confederate victories.
20. A legal principle protecting against unlawful imprisonment.

1. A failed Confederate attack during the Battle of Gettysburg.
3. The site of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, fought on September 17, 1862, where Union forces halted the Confederate advance into the North.
4. People advocating for the end of slavery.
6. Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and abolition.
7. A sudden and violent attack on an enemy position.
10. Warships heavily armored with iron.
11. The use of naval forces to prevent the transportation of goods and supplies.
14. The act of freeing enslaved individuals.
15. The act of withdrawing from an organization or political entity, as the southern states did.
16. The federal fort where the Civil War began after Confederate forces attacked.
17. The southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War.