This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Civil War & Reconstruction has 24 clues. Answers range from 7 to 26 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
the name adopted by the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War
President of the Confederate States of America
a last-ditch plan to save the Union by passing a Constitutional amendment to protect slavery where it existed and extend it west to California south of the 36-30 line
Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861
Southern Democrat candidate for President of the United States in the 1860 Election
Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy through a naval blockade of the southern coast and winning Union control of the Mississippi River to divide the CSA in two
slave states that did not secede: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
Confederate general during the Battle of Bull Run; later became Robert E. Lee's right-hand man
first major battle of the Civil War won by the Confederates in July 1861; ended the Union's hopes of winning the war quickly
first commander of the Union army; fired by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam for being too cautious
Spring 1862 failed Union attempt to capture Richmond led by McClellan stopped by Lee at the Seven Days Battle
Union general who won battles on the western front (1861-1863) before taking command on the eastern front (1864-1865); accepted Lee's surrender
April 1862 Union victory in Tennessee noted for its large number of dead and wounded
Union naval commander who took control of New Orleans in 1862
Union ironclad ship
Confederate ironclad ship
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate Army)
September 1862 battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North; bloodiest single day of fighting during the war
order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring slaves in all rebelling states were free
1862 law that allowed African American soldiers to serve in the Union military
principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
Civil War photographer
a famous African American unit in the Union army; led an attack on Ft. Wagner near Charleston, SC
Spring 1863 Confederate victory stopping the Union's fifth attempt to capture to Richmond, VA; was Lee's "perfect battle" against a federal force twice as large but "Stonewall" Jackson was killed