Civil War Crossword Puzzle 1

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  1. 3. The president of the Confederate States of America (full name)
  2. 4. This woman was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" during the war and founded the American Red Cross after the war. (full name)
  3. 9. The name of the new nation formed by the seceding southern states
  4. 10. The president of the United States who took office in 1861 (full name)
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  1. 1. Name given to states between the North and the South that had to choose whether to secede or stay with the Union
  2. 2. Lincoln called on the states to provide 75,000 of these volunteers to take up arms against the South.
  3. 5. The first major battle of the war in which Union forces, on their way to Richmond, were defeated by Confederate troops near Manassas Junction on July 21, 1861
  4. 6. The United States fort in Charleston harbor that was fired on by the Confederates, starting the Civil War
  5. 7. the commanding general of the Confederate forces (full name)
  6. 8. This battle in September of 1862 ended in a draw, but 23,000 men were dead or wounded—making it the single bloodiest day of the war.