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- 4. American Confederate general, he led the Shenandoah Valley campaign and fought with Lee in the Seven Days’ Battles and the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.
- 5. American soldier, he was the first commissioned American admiral, and in the Civil War he captured New Orleans and maintained a blockade along the Gulf Coast against Confederate forces.
- 6. was the first major battle of the Civil War and the Confederates’ victory.
- 9. a Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history
- 11. a warship that is heavily armored with iron
- 13. a Civil War battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia
- 14. the Union army’s six-week blockade of Vicksburg that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
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- 1. a Civil War battle in Tennessee in which the Union army gained greater control over the Mississippi River valley
- 2. American soldier, he refused Lincoln’s offer to head the Union army and agreed to lead Confederate forces. He successfully led several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg, and he surrendered to the Union’s commander General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
- 3. an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863
- 7. Eighteenth president of the United States, he received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces after leading a successful campaign in the West. He accepted General Lee’s surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.
- 8. American army general put in charge of Union troops and later removed by Lincoln for failure to press Lee’s Confederate troops in Richmond.
- 10. freeing of the slaves
- 12. an end to slavery