Civil War

1. a heavy large-caliber muzzle-loading usually smoothbore shoulder firearm
5. a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery
9. a system of cooperation among active antislavery people in the U.S. by which people escaping enslavement were secretly helped to reach the North or Canada
11. a coarse work shoe reaching to the ankle
12. a regiment or division
14. Capitol or the southern states
15. a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the Reconstruction governments

2. the group of states that remained part of the United States after 11 southern states seceded in 1860 and 1861
3. an agricultural estate usually worked by resident labor
4. a bag similar to a knapsack but worn over one shoulder
6. an armored naval vessel especially of the mid to late 19th century
7. the 11 southern states of the United States during their secession from the United States between 1860 and 1865
8. Capitol of the northern states
10. weapons (such as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging
13. a legal-tender note issued by the U.S. government