Printable Civil War Crosswords

Challenge your knowledge of 19th-century American history with our Civil War crossword puzzles, featuring key battles, figures, and political milestones.

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Civil War

Hard · 15×15 · 16 words
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  1. 2. A collision by a creek named twice
  2. 5. The vulnerable side where the hammer usually falls
  3. 8. A V-shaped defense pointing toward the enemy
  4. 9. Brave soldier in baggy pants and a fez
  5. 12. Building a house on still-smoldering ashes
  6. 14. Lead cone that expanded the killing zone but sounded like a small sound
  7. 15. Cornfield and sunken road turned into a scarlet geography
  8. 16. Where the first brick fell in Charleston harbor

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  1. 1. The canvas pantry of a marching man
  2. 3. The ultimate divorce from a more perfect union
  3. 4. The army's authorized price-gouger following the wagon train
  4. 6. Wirz's crowded corner of hell in Georgia
  5. 7. Suitcase-toting vulture of the Reconstruction era
  6. 10. What a Rebel calls the single bloodiest day
  7. 11. Hickory-dyed hue for the resource-poor rebel
  8. 13. Polite term for an army eating a farmer out of house and home

Civil War

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  1. 1. A well-known brand of rifle used by snipers
  2. 5. A curved sword used primarily by the cavalry
  3. 9. Referring to the gray-uniformed secessionists
  4. 10. To attack the side of an enemy's military formation
  5. 11. The general who accepted the final surrender at Appomattox

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  1. 2. A military unit typically composed of ten companies
  2. 3. To search widely for food and provisions in the countryside
  3. 4. Presidential orator of the Four score and seven years ago speech
  4. 6. A type of anti-personnel ammunition that acted like a giant shotgun
  5. 7. Common term for those who rose against the Federal government
  6. 8. Blade attached to the muzzle of a rifle

Civil War

Easy · 7×7 · 7 words
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  1. 1. The color of the uniforms worn by the South
  2. 2. A state of armed conflict between different groups
  3. 5. The United States President during the conflict
  4. 6. The region of the country that stayed in the Union

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  1. 1. The leading general for the Union army
  2. 3. The region of the country that tried to secede
  3. 4. The name for the Northern states during the war
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