The Civil War

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Across
  1. 5. Famous speech given by Lincoln in November 1863
  2. 6. The Confederate general killed by friendly fire at Chancellorsville
  3. 12. President of the Confederate States of America
  4. 14. This proclamation, issued by Lincoln, freed slaves in rebellious states
  5. 15. Escaped slave and leading abolitionist, advisor to Lincoln
  6. 16. Abolitionist who led a raid at Harpers Ferry
  7. 17. The law that required Northerners to return runaway slaves
  8. 18. General who led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
Down
  1. 1. The 1863 battle often seen as the turning point of the Civil War
  2. 2. The 1857 Supreme Court decision that ruled slaves were property
  3. 3. Site of a significant Union victory in Mississippi
  4. 4. The act that allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide slavery by vote
  5. 7. Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
  6. 8. Union general known for his "March to the Sea"
  7. 9. Georgia city that was captured by Union forces in 1864
  8. 10. The bloody single-day battle in Maryland, 1862
  9. 11. General who led the Union army to victory at Gettysburg
  10. 13. Missouri Political compromise in 1820 that tried to balance free and slave states