Across
- 3. - The side of an army or military unit.
- 4. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
- 5. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
- 8. theater - The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
- 9. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
- 10. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
- 11. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War
- 13. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
- 15. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery
- 17. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
- 18. - Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
- 19. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
Down
- 1. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
- 2. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
- 6. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
- 7. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
- 10. - The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
- 12. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
- 14. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
- 16. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.