civil war

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Across
  1. 3. - cannot quit their service to another person and is treated like property
  2. 4. - an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  3. 7. - war fought between 1861–1865
  4. 8. - american confederate general: he earned a reputation for bravery at bull run and was one of the south's most successful generals before he was killed at chancellorsville
  5. 11. - town near Appomattox, Verginia, where lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
  6. 13. - actor and Confederate supporter who assassinated Lincoln
  7. 15. - american confederate general; he successfully led several major battles until his defeat at gettysburg, and he surrendered to the unions Commander General Grant at Appomattox Court House
Down
  1. 1. - a draft that forced men to serve in the army
  2. 2. - union army officer; his famous March to the sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, an important turning point in the war
  3. 5. Proclamation - an executive order issued by lincoln on january 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind confederate lines
  4. 6. - a tax that takes a percentage of an individual’s income
  5. 9. - the pennsylvania location of the most decisive battle of the civil war, fought July 1-3, 1863
  6. 10. - northern states that wanted slavery, a confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their succession from the union
  7. 12. - the southern states, wanted to get rid of slavery
  8. 14. - american general: he received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all union forces during the Civil war and later accepted General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, ending the Civil War