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- 3. This Pennsylvania battle is considered a turning point in the war
- 7. He was the president of the Confederacy
- 9. This battle in Maryland was the bloodiest day in American History
- 10. They ultimately lost the war
- 12. The place where the Civil War officially ended when Robert E Lee surrendered
- 13. Lincoln named him commander of all Union Armies in March 1864.
- 15. The 54th Massachussets regiment fought for this side in the war
- 17. After Antietam, Lincoln issues this document that freed slaves in the rebelling states
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- 1. The compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state but created this law that made many Northerners very angry
- 2. he was given the Congressional Medal of Honor
- 4. The first shots of the war were fired at this fort in South Carolina
- 5. June 19th: The day we celebrate the end of slavery, and Ms. Amos celebrates her birthday
- 6. Lincoln was the first president to have this happen to him
- 8. The first state to secede from the union
- 11. This Confederate general earned his famous nickname after an early Civil War battle but ultimately was killed by his own men
- 14. He was the commander of all the Confederate armies
- 16. this battle split the confederacy in 2 and allowed the Union to have access to the Mississippi River