Civil War

3. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub
7. talks about different materials and liquids used by the Canon
8. forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison
10. showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater
11. Confederate troops repulsed enemy forces, delaying the Union's advance on Atlanta
12. the bloodiest battle in the civil war
13. the largest auction of enslaved people in U.S. history
14. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
17. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. John Pope
18. Confederate troops attack a Union supply depot and are met by untested United States Colored Troops
21. a Unionist who professes to rob, burn out and murder only rebels in arms against the government.
22. american Civil War lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864

1. laws passed at different periods in the southern United States
2. failed an attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers.
4. the historic period in which the United States grappled with the question of how to integrate millions of newly freed African Americans into social, political, and labor systems
5. term saying once slaves crossed US army line, they became property
6. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
9. an early battle of the civil war, stands as one of the greatest Confederate victories.
15. tells the story of Cora, a runaway slave
16. the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of "native-born" or established inhabitants over those of immigrants
19. General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
20. called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral