The Civil War Vocabulary

3. a branch of the military mounted on horseback
7. it said that people of each territory should decide for themselves if slaves should be allowed
11. something that makes a defensive position stronger, they can be man-made or natural
13. a group of soldiers usually led my a brigadier general
16. the effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving Southern ports
19. withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States
20. the cruel killing of a number of helpless or unresisting people
22. troops who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency

1. a branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare
2. a state of bondage in which African Americans were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
4. a place where weapons and other military supplies are stored
5. the new nation that the southern states made, it fought against the Union
6. a boundary that became a symbolic division between the free and the slave states
8. troops sent to strengthen a fighting force by adding a number of fresh soldiers
9. the states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri who didn't join the Confederacy, but supported the south
10. to lie in wait for an attack
12. someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery
14. blanket or other bedding rolled up and carried over the shoulder by a soldier
15. hard crackers often issued to the soldiers of both sides during the Civil War
17. a soldier who was wounded, killed, or missing in action
18. the term used to describe new soldiers
21. the largest organized group of soldiers