Across
- 1. the power to reduce a fine or the length of a sentence imposed by a court
- 4. someone who wanted to end slavery in the US
- 8. a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- 9. a loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
- 10. warship covered with protective iron plates
- 12. cannons and large guns
- 13. when the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the countrybrogan an ankle-high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
- 16. a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- 17. putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country
- 18. soldiers that travel by foot
- 19. a term used to describe people who supported the Union
Down
- 2. a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
- 3. a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
- 5. a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel
- 6. a nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing
- 7. murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons
- 11. belongs to a period before the American Civil War
- 14. a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
- 15. a Northerner who moved to the South after the Civil War