SS8H5B Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. This was the bloodiest battle fought in Georgia during the Civil War
  2. 8. Atlanta was vital because of its position as a center for this means of transportation during the Civil War
  3. 10. The most important cash crop in the Confederacy
  4. 11. Freeing the slaves
  5. 12. Lincoln authorized this measure to keep southern cotton from reaching European markets during the war
  6. 13. The president of the Confederacy during the Civil War
  7. 15. Union general who captured Atlanta
  8. 16. The leader of those opposed to secession at the Georgia Secessionist Convention in 1861
Down
  1. 1. The capital of Georgia captured by Union troops in 1864
  2. 2. The Emancipation Proclamation became law on the first day of this month in 1863
  3. 4. These were the union troops in Andersonville
  4. 5. Atlanta was surrendered to the Union in this month in 1864
  5. 6. Sherman marched his army across Georgia from Atlanta to this city
  6. 7. The industrial center and transportation hub of Georgia during the Civil War
  7. 9. President of the North / Union
  8. 14. This means to leave the Union or to commit "state suicide"