Civil War Vocabulary

5. a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
10. the slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri that remained in the Union despite their pro-slavery stance
11. political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government
14. the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument.
15. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation.
16. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
17. a preliminary version of a piece of writing.

1. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
2. you have the body
3. a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal.
4. the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.
6. the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
7. covered or protected with iron.
8. sneak around
9. establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
12. a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
13. enroll or be enrolled in the armed services