The Civil War Vocabulary

3. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
5. the term used to describe new soldiers
6. something that makes a defensive position stronger, they can be man-made or natural
7. a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general
9. the new nation that the southern states made, it fought against the Union
10. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier
11. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
12. the states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri who didn't join the Confederacy, but supported the south
15. troops who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency
16. a boundary that became a symbolic division between the free and the slave states
17. a branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
18. hard crackers often issued to the soldiers of both sides during the Civil War

1. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
2. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
4. it said that people of each territory should decide for themselves if slaves should be allowed
5. troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding a number of fresh soldiers
8. withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
9. a branch of the military mounted on horseback
13. the largest organized group of soldiers
14. a state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
16. the cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
19. to lie in wait for an attack