Civil War Word Search
The American Civil War ran from 1861 to 1865, fought between the Union and the Confederacy mainly over slavery. About 620,000 soldiers died, more than in any other American war. The names and places here come from that period.
Civil War word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- battle
- cannon
- drum
- flag
- freedom
- north
- slavery
- soldier
- south
- union
Civil War word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- battle
- cannon
- confederacy
- drum
- flag
- freedom
- general
- gettysburg
- lincoln
- north
- railroad
- slavery
- soldier
- south
- union
Civil War word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- antietam
- appomattox
- battle
- cannon
- confederacy
- drum
- emancipation
- flag
- freedom
- general
- gettysburg
- lincoln
- north
- railroad
- slavery
- soldier
- south
- surrender
- uniform
- union
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Words in the Civil War word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- union
- The northern states that stayed loyal to the United States
- freedom
- Release from slavery, the war's central issue
- soldier
- A member of the Union or Confederate army
- battle
- A fight between armies, such as Shiloh or Bull Run
- flag
- The banner each army carried into battle
- cannon
- A heavy artillery gun used against troops and forts
- drum
- An instrument young drummer boys used to signal orders
- north
- The region of free states that formed the Union
- south
- The region of slave states that formed the Confederacy
- slavery
- Holding people as property, the cause of the war
- lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln, president throughout the war
- general
- A high ranking officer who commanded an army
- confederacy
- The eleven southern states that left the Union
- gettysburg
- Pennsylvania battle in July 1863 that turned the war
- railroad
- Train lines that moved troops and supplies quickly
- uniform
- Army clothing, blue for the Union and gray for the South
- surrender
- Giving up the fight, as Lee did in April 1865
- antietam
- Maryland battle in 1862, the deadliest single day of the war
- emancipation
- Lincoln's 1863 proclamation freeing enslaved people in rebel states
- appomattox
- Virginia village where Lee surrendered to Grant
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