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  1. 2. : A term used to describe militant bands affiliated with the Free-State cause during the Bleeding Kansas period before the Civil War.
  2. 5. : A significant battle in the American Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign, fought in 1864, leading to the Union’s capture of Atlanta2021.
  3. 9. : A sea fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired in 18611617.
  4. 13. : A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states and Canada.
  5. 16. : Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict African Americans’ freedom and compel them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.
  6. 18. (Battle) : A major battle in the American Civil War fought in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, resulting in a Union victory45.
  7. 19. : The Virginia town where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.
  8. 20. : A Union strategy during the Civil War to blockade the Confederacy and cut off its trade routes.
  9. 21. : A battle in the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War, fought in 1864 in Georgia.
  10. 22. : The period after the Civil War during which the Southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.
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  1. 1. : A pivotal Civil War battle in 1863, where the Union gained control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy in two1819.
  2. 3. (Battle): Fought on September 17, 1862, in Maryland, this battle halted the Confederate invasion and was one of the bloodiest single-day battles in American history1213.
  3. 4. : An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that declared the freedom of all slaves in Confederate-held territory.
  4. 6. to the Sea: A military campaign during the American Civil War where Union General William T. Sherman led troops from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, engaging in “total war” against Confederate resources123.
  5. 7. : One of the largest slave auctions in the United States history, held in 1859 in Savannah, Georgia.
  6. 8. (Battle): A Civil War battle in 1862 in Virginia, marked by a significant Confederate victory.
  7. 10. : An encounter during the American Revolutionary War in 1779, where a joint Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah, Georgia, from the British failed89.
  8. 11. (Battle): Refers to the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, fought in 1861 near Manassas, Virginia1011.
  9. 12. : The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
  10. 14. : Goods that are illegal to supply to belligerents during wartime and may be seized by opposing forces67.
  11. 15. (Battle): A major Civil War battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania, resulting in a Union victory and considered a turning point in the war.
  12. 17. : Historically, a man who owns and cultivates a small land estate; also refers to a naval petty officer with clerical duties1415.