Civil War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. Southern states that left the United States of America in 1861
  2. 6. first and only president of the confederacy
  3. 9. Escaped slave and recruited African Americans for the civil war
  4. 10. Law that says any escaped slaves must be returned even if they got to the north
  5. 11. First real battle of the civil war
  6. 12. Speech given By Abraham Lincoln in dedication of the battle of gettysburg
  7. 17. Where Robert E. Lee surrendered on april ninth
  8. 19. Bloodiest day of the civil war
  9. 22. He was the 18th president and commanded for the union
  10. 23. Got his nickname for holding his ground like a stonewall
  11. 24. someone who wants to get rid of slavery
  12. 25. How many states left the union for the Confederacy
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  1. 1. commander in the confederate army and is from Virginia
  2. 2. Amendment that abolished slavery
  3. 4. In virginia where John Brown attempted to leave a slave rebellion
  4. 5. First battle in the civil war
  5. 7. freed all slaves on the confederate side
  6. 8. Kansas and Nebraska can choose to be a free or slave state
  7. 13. start July 1st and ended July 3rd
  8. 14. Gave the north the Mississippi
  9. 15. An abolitionist who was the author to Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  10. 16. Maine was a free state in this compromise
  11. 18. the cause of the civil war
  12. 20. Novel that showed the horrors of slavery to the north
  13. 21. He’s on the five dollar bill and the sixteenth president