ABCs Civil War

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Across
  1. 3. was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army.
  2. 4. An escaped slave who was the most important leader of the abolitionist movemnet
  3. 7. the use of artillery and combined arms assaults, were employed in the Civil War, they were often adapted or rendered less effective due to technological advancements.
  4. 9. a french military cap with a flat top and a horizontal brim.
  5. 11. economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
  6. 12. Large, bulky weapon
  7. 15. rifle-musket that requires a cap to fire.
  8. 18. Was a major illness that killed many soldiers
  9. 19. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
  10. 22. is best known for his famous “March to the Sea” through Georgia in 1864.
  11. 23. Had Control over the Potomac army
  12. 24. a fake or dummy gun.
  13. 25. were documents adopted by states, primarily the southern states.
Down
  1. 1. was a mounted sentry, or in layman’s terms a scout.
  2. 2. Main person for the underground railroad
  3. 5. the highest ranking general in the union army, and led the Union to victory during the Civil War.
  4. 6. Famous Confederate general
  5. 8. Spiky barricade made of wood and metal
  6. 10. a unit of the Union Army in the American Civil War.
  7. 13. The Philadelfia press hired him in 1864 to cover the African American troops in Virginia.
  8. 14. Was shot by his own men
  9. 16. Soldiers put these on the ends of their guns
  10. 17. was a soldier serving in a unit, typically a volunteer regiment, that adopted the distinctive dress and drill of the French Zouaves.
  11. 20. a type of muzzle-loading shoulder firearm, typically smoothbore, that was a standard weapon for infantry for a long period in history
  12. 21. Southern slang for Union Soldiers