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5. a person who is very good at planning for battles and other military moves
6. a formal agreement between two or more countries that they will support each if there is a war
8. countries that are located on the continent of Europe
11. an elected member of the U.S. Congress
12. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the goal of forcing a surrender
13. the Union’s Civil War strategy that had General William Sherman marching Union troops from Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA and destroying building, factories, and railroads along the way

1. The countries that seceded from the United States (the Southern states)
2. a four year college in New York that was founded by the U.S. Military
3. The countries that remained in the United States and did not secede (the Northern states)
4. an American Civil War battle that took place in Virginia and is known as General Robert E. Lee’s greatest win
7. a battle that turned into a 47-day siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi and ended with the surrender of the city to the Northern army giving them control of the Mississippi River
9. to officially withdraw from (leave) a country (example: the colonists seceded from Britain and became the United States)
10. a person who is in a position similar to another person’s position