civil war

2. a branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot
4. someone who wishes to abolish slavery
5. a place where weapons and other military supplies manufactured
8. intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea
9. escaped slaves who fled to the union lines for protection
11. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
12. a series of military operations the form a distinct phase of the war
13. the effort by the north to keep ships from entering or leaving southern ports
15. loyal to the government of the united states; union, Yankee, northern
17. a large gap in a fortification's walls or embankments caused by artillery or mines, exposing the inside of the fortification to assult

1. a term used for "living off the land," as well as plundering committed by soldiers
3. loyal to the confederacy; southern or rebel
4. the science of growing cash crops or raising livestock
6. gunboats using stacked cotton bales to protect themselves from enemy fire
7. a ship protected by iron armor
9. term for a northerner who opposed the war effort
10. a two or four wheeled wagon used to transport injured soldiers
13. the long metal tube on a gun through which a projectile id fired
14. to lie in wait for an unexpected attack
16. to practice marching, military formations and the steps in firing and handling one's weapon