Civil War

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Across
  1. 5. unable to join army initially
  2. 6. side or edge of a military formation
  3. 8. place within a ditch use for defense
  4. 10. served as nurses on battlefields
  5. 12. legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner be heard in court
  6. 13. results of this battle shocked the north as to how they were losing battles
  7. 15. turning point for the South when they lost this battle
  8. 16. plan to choke off the South's economic resources by blockading their ports
  9. 18. nickname General Jackson was given
  10. 20. "Peace" Democrats who were agains the war
  11. 21. soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
  12. 22. invade south to prevent them from leaving the union
  13. 24. responsible for burning and destroying the South's land
  14. 27. stream or small river that feeds into a larger river
  15. 29. stopped going to school to help out at home
Down
  1. 1. system of selecting people for required military service
  2. 2. formally join the military
  3. 3. reward or payment
  4. 4. battle that was a victory for Confederacy when a key general was lost
  5. 7. did not accept African Americans to serve
  6. 9. accepted African Americans to serve
  7. 11. refusal to give in
  8. 14. capital of the confederacy
  9. 17. what shortages did prisoners and wounded face
  10. 19. defend its territory until union gave up
  11. 23. strategy of bringing war to the entire society
  12. 25. warship equipped with iron plating for protection
  13. 26. state such as Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
  14. 28. issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved