Across
- 2. Troops trained to fight and move while on horseback
- 3. A 19th-century warship protected by iron plating
- 5. A common soldier's phrase for experiencing actual combat for the first time
- 9. A Northerner who moved South during Reconstruction to seek financial or political gain
- 10. The alliance of 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America
- 11. Soldiers who traveled and fought primarily on foot
- 16. A Northern Democrat who opposed the war and wanted immediate peace
- 17. The period of rebuilding the country after the war (1865–1877)
- 19. The end or side of a military line or formation
- 20. A small group of soldiers who cooked and ate their meals together
- 22. Paper currency issued by the Union that was not backed 100% by gold
- 23. Ankle-high leather shoes typically worn by Civil War soldiers
- 24. A traveling merchant who followed the army to sell goods like tobacco and extra food
Down
- 1. A presidential decree issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
- 4. The branch of the army that operated large-caliber weapons like cannons and mortars
- 6. A sentry or soldier placed on guard duty ahead of the main army
- 7. A hard, cracker-like flour biscuit that was a staple food for soldiers
- 8. A slang term for an army surgeon
- 12. A person who believed that slavery should be ended or abolished
- 13. A slang term used by soldiers for lice
- 14. Temporary, breast-high fortifications made of earth or logs to protect soldiers
- 15. Slave states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
- 18. A Southern white person who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party
- 20. A type of expanding bullet used in rifled muskets that significantly increased lethality
- 21. The Northern states that remained loyal to the federal government