Vocab

2. The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
5. from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
8. property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
11. Soldiers trained to fight on horseback.
12. a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.
13. A vital piece of equipment carried by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Was used to carry all sorts of belongings that soldiers needed to stay alive while in camp or on the march.
14. Known as the North or the United States. This was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
15. To leave or withdraw; Eleven Southern states did this from the Union in 1860 which sparked the Civil War.

1. A northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877) for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities.
3. A league or alliance of confederate states.
4. The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment
6. A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
7. weapons that launch munitions.
9. A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
10. Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.