Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
  2. 3. Soldiers marching and fighting collectively.
  3. 7. Paper currency which began to circulate in the North after February 1862 with the passage of the Legal Tender Act.
  4. 9. Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
  5. 10. The portion of the country that stayed loyal to the Federal Government during the Civil War.
  6. 11. Small canvas bags used to carry soldiers food.
  7. 13. A ship protected by iron armor.
  8. 14. Withdrawal of the Southern states from the Federal Government during the Civil War.
  9. 15. States that lay on the boundary of the Confederacy and the Union states.
Down
  1. 2. Freedom from slavery.
  2. 4. To get suddenly and unexpectedly attacked.
  3. 5. Cannons or other large weapons, sometimes a branch of an army.
  4. 6. leather shoes, similar to ankle-high boots, issued to soldiers during the war.
  5. 8. An estate where crops are grown.
  6. 12. A person who went from the North to the South to profit from the Reconstruction.