Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. president ______ declared an insurrection from the south in 1861
  2. 5. although african americans could serve in the army, they were in _____ units, usually staying in camps and seeing less battle than their white comrades
  3. 9. west _____ seceded from the confederate states after not recognizing succession from the union
  4. 10. _______ was the southern states president
Down
  1. 1. The southern states seceded into the ____
  2. 2. The institution of ____ was the reason the southern states seceded
  3. 4. the _____ address, spoken by Abraham Lincoln, was a two minute speech summing up the events of the civil war up to that point
  4. 6. The _____ proclamation was signed in 1863, freeing slaves as well as allowing them to serve in the army
  5. 7. _______________, a confederate sympathizer, assassinated the president of the Union on April 14th,1865
  6. 8. Fort _____ was captured on March 25th by confederate soldiers,making a last ditch effort to hold out against the Union