African Americans in the Civil War

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Across
  1. 2. 1989 movie about the 54th Massachusetts.
  2. 6. Congress granted _______ pay in 1864.
  3. 8. The President who was worried border states would secede.
  4. 10. Black soldiers showed great bravery and _______.
  5. 11. African-American soldiers were placed in separate
  6. 12. Many African-American soldiers died from this rather than battle wounds.
  7. 13. The system African-Americans were fighting to end.
  8. 14. General Nathaniel _______ praised black regiments.
  9. 15. Battle where early black regiments fought under Banks
  10. 17. Harriet _______ worked as a spy for the North.
  11. 18. Around 180,000 African-Americans _______ to fight
  12. 19. Colonel Robert _______ led the 54th Massachusetts
Down
  1. 1. The enemy side that executed captured black soldiers.
  2. 3. People who wanted to end slavery.
  3. 4. Famous black regiment from Massachusetts.
  4. 5. Fort _______ was stormed by the 54th Massachusetts.
  5. 7. Senator Howell Cobb was from the state of _______.
  6. 9. Escaped enslaved people who joined the Union Army were called _______.
  7. 12. Around 40,000 African-American soldiers _______ during the war
  8. 16. Frederick _______ argued that black soldiers should fight.