8.4 Civil War Homefront

1. A primary tool used by surgeons to cut through bone.
6. Deadly post-operative infection that was a "true terror" in makeshift hospitals.
7. The Union navy's action that choked off Southern trade and caused shortages.
8. Appointed Superintendent of Army Nurses (Dorothea ___).
9. Surgical removal of a limb, common during the war.
10. The soft, heavy bullet that shattered bone, making amputation necessary.
14. Substances like chloroform and ether used to prevent pain during surgery.
15. Trailblazing nurse known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" (Clara ___).
17. Richmond socialite who ran a massive spy ring for the Union (Elizabeth Van ___).
18. Poet who served as a volunteer nurse in Washington D.C. hospitals (Walt ___).

1. Term for a Confederate guerrilla fighter, often found in Missouri.
2. Mississippi city where residents were forced to live in caves during a 47-day siege.
3. The economic problem of rapidly rising prices and plummeting currency value.
4. Type of conflict fought against civilian resources and morale, not just armies.
5. Notorious Confederate guerrilla leader who led a raid on Lawrence, Kansas.
11. The 1863 protest in Richmond led by starving women demanding food.
12. A medical advancement involving sorting patients by the urgency of their wounds.
13. The Union's paper currency, not backed by gold, which led to rising prices.
16. This plant's seeds were roasted as a coffee substitute.