civil war puzzels

4. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
7. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
8. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
11. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
12. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
14. 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.
15. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
19. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
20. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
21. - A nickname for the South.
23. - The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
24. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
25. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
26. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
27. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.

1. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
2. - A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
3. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
4. - 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.
5. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
6. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
9. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
10. - The side of an army or military unit.
13. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
15. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
16. - An army of citizens used during emergencies.
17. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
18. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
22. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
24. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.