Civil War

6. McClellan a U.S. Army officer, railroad president and politician who served as a major general during the Civil War (1861-65)
7. an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina, and the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
9. covered or protected with iron
10. compulsory recruitment for military service.
12. commanded the Union armies of the West in the decisive drive from Chattanooga to Atlanta and the famous “march to the sea” across Georgia.
14. withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
15. set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
16. a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.
17. 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.

1. law military government involving the suspension of ordinary law.
2. a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
3. an American politician who twice served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New Hampshire and Massachusetts
4. states, any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
5. A Whig political leader of the early nineteenth century known for his efforts to keep the United States one nation despite sharp controversy among Americans over slavery.
8. founder and editor of the New-York Tribune
11. a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
13. a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.