U.S. History 10	Name:________________________
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11.08 Civil War Crossword

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2 - Campaign that occurred in May 1864; area was below the old battlefields of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg; Heavily wooded terrain caused a fire and heavy casualties for both sides
4 - Union General who task was to bring “total war” to the South; famous for his “March to the Sea”
5 - The type of Democrat that put patriotism and the war effort above party loyalty
7 - Sherman’s March to the Sea ended with this city; he offered it to President Lincoln as a Christmas present
8 - The type of Democrats that were not supportive of Lincoln, but took no radical action against him
10 - Union General who fought Lieutenant General Jubal Early’s troops in the Shenandoah Valley
13 - Union frontal assault against the entrenched Confederates outside Virginia; the Confederates lost fewer than 1500 and the Union troops were quite severe, losing 7,000 in less than an hour
15 - The nickname given to General Grant after the Spring of 1864
16 - Union General who won in the western theatre and was appointed to General-in-Chief of the entire Union army
19 - Famous Confederate prison of war camp held in Georgia
20 - Democrats who were openly against the Lincoln administration, using physical and political attacks against Lincoln, the draft, and emancipation
	1 - The River that the Union finally controlled in 1863 that cut the Confederacy into two parts
3 - The main killer at the prison of war camp was ___________.
6 - The name of the Virginia town where General Lee surrendered to General Grant in April 1865
9 - General Grant tried to take this city that lay south of Richmond; Heavy fighting occurred in June 1864, but it would take a siege of the city to capture it; the siege would last almost a year
11 - Lincoln’s Vice-President; Assumed the role of President after Lincoln’s assassination
12 - The name of the actor that shot President Lincoln (just fill in his last name)
14 - The Name of the theatre where President Lincoln was assassinated
17 - The fall of this city helped to get President Lincoln reelected; after the city was taken Sherman is noted for burning most of it
18 - Admiral Farragut forced his way into ________ Bay, Alabama.  Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines surrendered in August 1864