Civil War

2. a withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president
5. A place where fighting happens, during a war
6. the fighting force made up of two or more corps and was commanded by a general
8. the term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict
11. a small town in S Pennsylvania, southwest of Harrisburg:
13. a war within a country

1. the government of the 11 southern states that seceded from the union
3. exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole
4. selective omission or presentation of facts
5. a stream running through the battlefield
7. three additions to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery, granted equal rights to formerly enslaved people, and enshrined the right to vote for people of all races
9. agricultural and industrial labor, constructed fortifications, repaired railroads, and freed up white men to serve as soldiers
10. strong military building for defence
12. the portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal government
14. an exceptionally active commander in chief of the army and navy