Civil War Crossword

Large mounted guns.
Type of rule in which military commanders are in control and citizens' rights and freedoms are suspended.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri; slave states in between the North and South that did not join the Confederacy during the civil War.
Name given to the Civil War plan devised by Union General Winfield Scott to seal the South off from the rest of the world.
The South's sue of cotton as a tool or foreign policy during the Civil War.
The banning of trade with a country.
Foot soldiers.
The first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in Confederate victory.
Military term for those killed, wounded, or missing in action.
Soldiers on horseback.
Armored gunboats.
A very bloody affair; a northern victory; Grant's refusal to retreat; awaits 25,000 men and then goes on to whip the south.
January 1, 1863 FREED SLAVES in the states still in rebellion. Freedmen in these states could then fight on the Union's side.
A 3 day war; turning pt in the war; stopped lee's advance; bloodiest battle on american soil.
September 17, 1862; bloodiest single day fighting of the war (23,000 deaths).