a war between the states Crossword

each state was largely an independent entity joined in a voluntary compact of union
Winfield Scott's plan for slowly cutting off the Confederacy's ability to make war
A Virginian, called "Stonewall Jackson"
Lincoln replaced McDowell with this man after the defeat at Bull Run; formed the Army of the Potomac
an iron plated warship
An ironclad built by the Confederacy on the abandoned hull of a damaged Union warship and renamed the CSS Virginia. Sailed against the Union blockade at Hampton Roads
Union's first ironclad; only had two guns mounted in a revolving turret; this ship and the Merrimac battled for over four hours; first clash between iron ships
Jackson took 15,000 Confederates and ranged up and down the Shenandoah valley, defeated two armies and pinned down 50,000 Federal troops before slipping out of the valley to go to Richmond to stop McClellan
commander of the Army of Northern Virginia; engaged McClellan at Fair Oaks; wounded in the battle
appointed by Jefferson Davis to command the army; launched 7 days battle; pushed McClellan's grand army back to the James River
June 25th to July 1st - included battles at Gaine's Mill, Savage's Station, White Oaks Swamp and Malvern Hill J
Lee's cavalry commander; sent to raid Pope from the rear at the Second Battle of Manassas; raided Pope's HQ while the general was away
Lincoln address at the dedication of the cemetery recognizing common courage and sacrifice of the soldiers of the North and South
on Tennesse River; was easily captured by Grant
key to the Mississippi campaign; Grant failed to capture it in December; tried digging a canal and failed. Union out-maneuvered the Confederates and laid siege and starved them out
the drafting or compulsory enrollment into military service
Southern sympathizers in the North. Named after a poisonous snake
Total dead:
April 9th, 1865, Lee met Grant where they agreed on the terms of surrender. Confederates would lay down their weapons and go home.
After the battle of Antietam, as of January 1st 1863, Lincoln declared that all slaves in rebel controlled territories would be freed