Civil war Unit

7. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government
8. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
9. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
11. - A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
12. - A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
13. The side of an army or military unit.
17. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
18. A cap worn by civil war soldiers.
20. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
21. - A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.

1. A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
2. - A nickname for the South.
3. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
4. 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
5. A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle
6. Crackers eaten by civil war soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
10. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
14. western 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.
15. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
16. - When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
19. - A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.