Civil War crossword

2. Actively attacking someone
5. having or relating to a system of government in which several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs
7. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
10. A state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people,usually white,and forced to labor on their behalf
13. Also called the North or the United States, the Union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
15. An article added to the U.S. Constitution
17. Also called the South or the confederate states of America
18. States that border another country or states that were part of the United States during the Civil War
20. occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War.
21. Compulsory, recruitment for military service

1. Troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding an additional number of fresh soldiers.
3. The 16th president, best known for preserving the union and ending slavery
4. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
6. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
8. Withdraw formally from membership of a federal Union as alliance or political or religious organization
9. Hardtack is a term used to describe the hard crackers often issued to soldiers of both sides during the Civil War
11. Also called the confederacy, the confederate states of America
12. Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron
14. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash
16. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
19. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.