Civil War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. long blade attached to a musket
  2. 7. military leader who holds a commission
  3. 10. armed conflict between different nations or people
  4. 12. not an active member of the military
  5. 13. important location defended by soldiers
  6. 15. army unit in the Civil War; usually 1,000 soldiers
  7. 17. soldiers stop fighting and are captured by the enemy
  8. 18. large, heavy sword with a curved blade
  9. 21. soldiers on horseback; the eyes and ears of an army
  10. 23. payment to volunteers who enlist in the army
  11. 26. law that required men to serve in the army
  12. 28. separate from a country
  13. 30. Corpus right to a court hearing before being jailed
  14. 31. Northern paper money (US dollars)
  15. 33. Civil War soldier’s main weapon, similar to a rifle
  16. 34. soldier training, including marching
Down
  1. 1. soldiers firing cannons
  2. 2. military leader who carries out officers’ orders
  3. 4. the 11 Southern states that rebelled
  4. 5. member of a navy
  5. 6. a smaller part of a war
  6. 8. military force that fights at sea
  7. 9. soldiers who move on foot and fight on land
  8. 11. packaged or fresh food
  9. 14. civilians who sell food to soldiers at high prices
  10. 16. military force that fights on land
  11. 17. member of an army
  12. 19. devotion to your homeland or country
  13. 20. Sumter site of the first battle of the Civil War.
  14. 22. violently oppose a government
  15. 24. lowest ranking soldiers and majority of an army
  16. 25. device that sent messages with electric signals by wire
  17. 27. increase in prices for most goods
  18. 29. soldiers who organize food and supplies
  19. 32. sealing off a place to stop trade