C.W Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A successful ending of a struggle or contest (7)
  2. 3. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (plural) (7)
  3. 5. A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel (6)
  4. 7. Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones (4)
  5. 10. A supporter of the ___ States of America (11)
  6. 11. A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War (7)
  7. 12. American statesman (14)
  8. 13. A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson (9)
  9. 15. The United States (5)

Down

  1. 1. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (13)
  2. 4. A war between groups within the same country. (8)
  3. 6. United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West (7)
  4. 8. A battle of the American Civil War (10)
  5. 9. The royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again (6)
  6. 14. A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels (6)