I hate history I have to fill in these blanks and i have absolutely no idea what the are.. The northern victory at Antietam led to the ________ freeing of slaves. The northern victory at Gettysburg led to the ________ by President Lincoln. Despite these victories and other, by 1864, President Lincoln was in danger of losing the election. The opposition _________ known as the Copperheads criticized him for freeing the slaves, the handling of the war, etc. They campaigned for an immediate armistice at any cost. It was only the news of Sherman's march on ____ and admiral Farragut's capture of _________________________ that ensured Lincoln's election in 1864. Had he not been elected: it is likely that the U.S. would have remained divided, and slavery would have endured in the South. The North conducted a ____________ of the Southern coast thus cutting the South off valley foreign commerce and conducted an ________ campaign along with the Mississippi valley that cut the south in too. Prior to the outbreak of the war and the secession of the southern states the US Army is numbered about _______ with 780 regular officers. _____ of these officers resigned their commissions ad joined the Confederacy. These Officers were used as _____ for the southern army which tended to increase the _____ of the southern army vs the North. The Constitution of the United States outlines the form and general organization of the m military as well as the responsibilities of the branches of the government with regard to the military. The Constitution is also what U.S. military officers enlisted personnel swear allegiance to rather then the ____ or _____ in other countries
~23,000 5,664 Downfall ~6500 Roughly 1M-1.5M Iraqi Deaths, and roughly 100,000 American soldier deaths. sack of potatoes
