Across
- 1. Soldiers trained to fight on horseback.
- 2. Made from leather, a common type of shoe in the Civil War.
- 4. The term originated in the mid-1860s which is a slang term for U.S. paper dollars.
- 5. A person who wants to stop or abolish slavery.
- 6. A steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor.
- 9. A vital piece of equipment carried by both Union and Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Was used to carry all sorts of belongings that soldiers needed to stay alive while in camp or on the march.
- 10. Ranged weapons that launch munitions.
- 13. Soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot.
- 14. A league or alliance of confederate states.
Down
- 1. A northerner who moved to the south during the period of Reconstruction (1865-1877) for economic, social, and sometimes political opportunities.
- 3. The basic unit of soldiers in an artillery regiment
- 7. Large property dependent on the labor of enslaved people. Also known as a labor camp.
- 8. To leave or withdraw; Eleven Southern states did this from the Union in 1860 which sparked the Civil War.
- 11. Known as the North or the United States. This was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
- 12. a rifle, pistol, or other portable gun.