2. A hard or painful struggle

3. A decision that a group of people will not be punished or that a group of prisoners will be allowed to go free Across Five Aprils, p.165 In December Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation of amnesty, in which he promised pardon and full rights to any individual Confederate who would swear to protect the Constitution and the Union of the states, to abide by the government’s pronouncements against slavery

4. To make a mistake

5. Not capable of being repaired or regained

6. The fact that someone is involved in or knows about something bad that happens

7. An attack in which an army surrounds a castle or city in order to take control of it

8. The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

9. Forbids slavery and forced labor

10. A person who strongly or unfairly dislikes other people whose ideas or beliefs are different from his or her own

11. The practice of talking about oneself too much; an overly high opinion of one’s importance

12. A decision not to punish someone severely Across Five Aprils, p.165 This vindictiveness was urged on by men in high places who resented the President’s spirit of clemency as violently as they resented the tenacity of the South.

13. Very thin, usually because you are sick, tired, or worried What we know best of Abraham Lincoln is his face. Gaunt and furrowed, with hollow cheeks, dark, shadowed eyes and a cowlick in his hair, as if he didn’t quite know what to do with a comb. http://richardnilsen.com/2013/02/11/h appy-birthday-abey-baby/