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3. Gunboats using stacked cotton bales to protect themselves from enemy effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
6. A group of soldiers stationed at a military post
9. A mounted sentry stationed in advance of a picket line.
10. Actively attacking someone.
13. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
16. A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers
17. The lowest rank in the army
18. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.
20. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired

1. A sudden, open, unconcealed attack upon a fortified position with the intent of capturing it before its defenders could mount an effective defense
2. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
4. To lie in wait for an unexpected attack
5. Resisting or protecting against attack from someone
7. A solid, round projectile, shot from a cannon
8. A theater of war is a region or area where fighting takes place
11. A term used for “living off the land,” as well as plundering committed by soldiers
12. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
14. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers
15. The cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
19. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate