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- 3. Known as the North, referring to united states governed by federal government
- 5. capital of confederate states of america during the civil war
- 6. Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland,Missori & West Virginia all in the Civil War's middle ground
- 9. this declared "that all persons held as slaves within rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free"
- 11. naval battle between confederate & union soldiers that catalyzed a new era of naval warfare
- 13. Fought between northern united states & southern confederate states
- 16. Marked as the first major battle of the Civil War,July 21,1861
- 17. president who issued the emancipation proclamation
- 18. mandatory enlistment into the military; conscription
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- 1. where North Virginia's Army surrendered signaling the end of the civil war
- 2. one of the deadliest day battles that showed the union's determination
- 3. commanding general who led union armies to victory and was elected as US president
- 4. turning point of the civil war that stopped confederate momentum north and boosted union morale
- 7. method employed by confederacy to coerce great britain & france to side with the confederates by creating a cotton trade embargo
- 8. this disgruntled actor assassinated the president at a theater
- 10. union general who led forces marching through the south including georgia and the carolinas
- 12. leading confederate general
- 14. capitol of the US
- 15. Also called the Southern Army, 11 states that seceded from the Union