Civil War Crossword

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  1. 2. the site of a civil war battle fought on Union territory, June 1-3, 1863 resulting in a Union victory that forced Confederate forces to retreat to the South
  2. 4. a Confederate stronghold along the Mississippi river, the site of a siege by Union forces that lasted more than a month in 1863
  3. 5. an all African American unit led by Robert Gould Shaw during the civil war
  4. 7. a federal fort located in Charleston, South Carolina. where the first shots of the civil war were fired
  5. 10. one of the most renowned confederate generals in the civil war. He lead his troops to a stunning victory at the Battle of Bull Run
  6. 11. a Virgina military general who became the commander of the Confederate forces in the civil war
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  1. 1. the drafting of citizens into military service
  2. 3. the 1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in the United States
  3. 6. a 1862 civil war battle in southwestern Tennessee where the Union won a victory but nearly 25,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded
  4. 8. a Northern civil war strategy to starve the South by blockading seaports and controlling the Mississippi river
  5. 9. a negative term given to anti-war democrats during the civil war