Civil War Vocabulary 2
Civil war 1862 Vocabulary.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DESERTION
- To leave one’s military post, or to run away from battles, often punishable by death.
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DRAFT OF CONSCRIPTION
- The selection of citizens for mandatory military service.
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DRILL
- The process of instruction recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit.
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DYSENTERY
- An often fatal disease of the human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions of military camps and battle sites.
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ENVELOPMENT
- On attack against the flanks of an enemies army, in hopes of eventually encircling it.
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EMANCIPATION
- The formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in January 1863.
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FLANKS
- The sides of an enemies line in battle.
- A flanking movement is attacking the sides.
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FORAGE
- The search for food by soldiers often at the expense of the farmers in a battle area.
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