Civil War Crossword

the first state to declare its secession from the Union
Five days after this battle, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
The Civil War began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at this place (2 words)
This battle in Pennsylvania involved the largest number of casualties of the Civil War
the C.S.A. stands for_____________ ________ __ ____________ (4 words)
the president of the Confederacy
the first capital city of the Confederacy was
the second capital city of the Confederacy
regiments in the United States Army composed primarily of African-American soldiers (4 words)
The Emancipation Proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the ____________ states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
The United States _________ Department issued General Order Number 143 on May 22, 1863.
Republican Party nominee during the presidential election in 1860
Illinois Senator and the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election
The Battle of Hampton Roads is famous for use of ____________.
22,000 miles of _______________ had been laid in the Northern states
15,000 miles of _____________ _____________was laid for military purposes (2 words)
This person led a small group on a raid against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an attempt to start an armed slave revolt
The __________ _____ __________was a part of the Compromise of 1850. (3 words)
political doctrine according to which the people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states (2 words)
The decision of this case invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820. (2 words)