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5. The long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile is fired.
6. To rush towards the enemy.
8. Land within the mainland boundaries of the country that had not yet become a state by 1861.
10. A region or area where fighting takes place
12. Today called mines, Civil War torpedoes were mostly used by the Confederates.
14. A crop such as tobacco or cotton which was grown to be sold for cash
15. Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states, the South incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
16. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare.
17. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
18. An overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path.
20. Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.

1. Essential to firing a percussion rifle-musket, a cap is a tiny brass shell that holds fulminate of mercury.
2. The largest organizational group of soldiers, made up of one or more corps.
3. The effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports.
4. A new way of conducting war appeared during the Civil War.
7. Someone who does something because they want to, not because they need to.
9. This doctrine held the powers of the individual states as greater than the powers of the Federal government.
11. Blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier.
13. A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
19. 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.