THE CIVIL WAR Crossword

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.
a notorious Confederate prisoner-of-war camp where 13,000 Union soldiers died from harsh conditions
slave states that did not secede: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri.
first major battle of the Civil War won by the Confederates in July 1861; ended the Union's hopes of winning the war quickly.
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.
nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross.
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 lines.
A military draft
negative term to describe Northern Democrats who supported making peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War.
small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant ended the major fighting of the Civil War in April 1865.
Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861.
July 1863 Union victory over a Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania; considered the high tide of the Confederacy and the turning point of the Civil War in the Union's favor.
principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime.
1862 law that gave 160 acres of land on the western frontier to citizens willing to live on and cultivate the property for five years.
an 1861 3-5% tax on earnings to pay for the costs of the Civil War.
President of the Confederate States of America.
Civil War photographer.
June 1864-March 1865 Union trench warfare siege of a major Confederate rail hub near Richmond.
Confederate general who led a failed charge against Union forces at Gettysburg.
an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime.
April 1862 Union victory in Tennessee noted for its large number of dead and wounded.
1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery.
a strategy of all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat.