Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Executive order issued on January 1, 1863 during the Civil War, freeing American slaves.
  2. 6. Confederate general, responsible for commanding the Confederate States Army
  3. 8. first to occur for U.S. citizens in American history due to the conscription act
  4. 9. Confederate capital during the Civil War, holding supplies, hospitals, prisons, and general industry vital to the war efforts
  5. 12. Also known as the the First Battle of Bull Run
  6. 13. naval battle between Confederate and Union ships at Sewell’s Point
  7. 14. Collective of northern states in the U.S. at the time of the Civil War
  8. 15. Union capital during the Civil War, serving as the base of operations and U.S. government territory
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  1. 1. diplomatic tactics utilized by the Confederacy with the goal of gaining the support of France and Great Britain by a cotton trade embargo against Britain and Europe as a whole
  2. 2. Commonly referred to as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with 23,000 men killed or wounded in a single day
  3. 3. Collective of southern states in the U.S. at the time of the Civil War
  4. 5. Battle between the Confederacy and Union on July 1-3, 1863 in Pennsylvania.
  5. 7. President responsible for issuing the emancipation proclamation, liberating the enslaved people of the United States
  6. 10. Union general and president of the U.S. from 1869 to 1877.
  7. 11. American war spawning partially as a result from debates over the prohibiting of slavery