Civil War Vocab. Pt. 1
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Abolitionist
a person who believed in the abolishment of abolition of Negro slavery.
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Artillery
large, powerful weapons such as cannons and mortars.
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Assassination
the murder of a prominent person such as President Lincoln.
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Battery
a unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed.
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Battle
large scale combat between two armed forces (skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer).
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Blockade
the closing off, using naval forces, of a city or other area to traffic and communication.
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Border State
slave-owning states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri
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Cartridge Box
a leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets.
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Casualty
a person killed, wounded, captured or missing during the war.
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Cavalry
soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit.
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Chloroform
the liquid drug used to anesthetize (put to sleep) wounded soldiers in the war.
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Confederacy or CSA
the alliance of 11 Southern states to form the Confederate States of America.
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Contraband
goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war.
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Copperhead
a Northern Democrat who agreed with Southern secession and clamor end for peace during the war.
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