This printable crossword puzzle has 26 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
This state was close to Richmond, the Confederate capital.
The _______ had a larger population and more resources than the South.
The _______ knew the land and had the will to defend it.
General Scott proposed this plan to defeat the South completely.
This group of men was not allowed to fight in the early days of the war.
Confederate soldiers were called _______.
Union soldiers were called _______.
This was the first major battle of the Civil War.
This battle caused 23,000 casualties.
The loss of this city gave almost complete control of the Mississippi River over to the Union.
This battle was the deadliest day of fighting in the Civil War.
Lincoln could end slavery in the South because he could take _______ from an enemy in wartime.
The _______ suffered the most destruction because most battles took place there.
This Confederate prison camp in Georgia is where 13,000 prisoners died of disease.
This Union prison camp in New York is where one-quarter of the prisoners died of disease.
The Peace Democrats were called _______ by critics.
This is a legal process that helps ensure the government has a legal right to keep someone in jail.
Confederate men were not drafted if they had 20 or more _______.
General Lee won the Battle of Fredericksburg by digging _______.
This battle "turned the tide" in favor of the Union.
What famous speech starts out "Four score and seven years ado...?"
This general in charge of all Union armies was a man of action.
What did critics in the North call Ulysses S. Grant because he lost so many of his troops?
General Sherman's trail of destruction across Georgia is known as Sherman's _____ __ ___ ___.
Who followed Sherman's army and used them as protection?
The Civil War ended when Grant Met with Lee in the courthouse of _______, Virginia.