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6. An 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate Territory.
7. An 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy but stone wall Jackson was unfortunately killed by his own soldiers.
9. To set free.
11. president of the union
13. To surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops to force it to surrender.
16. An 1864 Civil war battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg.

1. dangerouse people
2. The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
3. To withdraw from membership in a group.
4. biggest war in american history
5. A New or the first type/kind of metal battle ship.
8. The spark of the Civil war from the confederate firing first.
10. government by consent of the governed.
12. A slave state that remained in the union during the civil war.
14. General Grant led and was able to get control of the Mississippi.
15. An 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North.