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Civil War Vocabulary

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ABOLITIONIST

  • Someone who doesn't believe in slavery
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ARTILLERY

  • Large, powerful weapons such as cannons and mortars
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ASSASSINATION

  • The murder of a very important person
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BATTLE

  • Large scale combat between two armed forces
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BATTERY

  • A unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on witch they are placed
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BLOCKADE

  • The closing off of a city or area to traffic
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BORDER STATE

  • Slave owning states that didn't secede from the union
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CARTRIDGE BOX

  • A leather box which a soldier would carry bullets in
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CASUALTY

  • A person killed, wounded, or captured during war
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CAVALRY

  • Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit
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CHLOROFORM

  • A liquid drug used to anesthetize wounded soldiers
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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 times of war
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COPPERHEAD

  • A northern democrat who agreed with southern secession
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DEPLOY

  • To spread out armies to create a battle line
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DESERTION

  • To leave your post or a battle
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DIXIE

  • Slang term for the confederacy
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DRAFT OF CONSCRPTION

  • The selection of citizens to join the army
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DRILL

  • The process of instruction troops learn
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DYSENTERY

  • A fatal disease caused by unsanitary conditions
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ENVELOPMENT

  • An attack against the flanks of the enemy
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EMANCIPATION

  • The formal release of slaves
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FLANKS

  • The sides of an army's line in battle
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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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GREENBACK

  • Paper money used during the Civil war
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HARDTACK

  • A quarter inch or half inch hard cracker
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HAVERSACK

  • Cloth bag used by soldiers
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INFANTRY

  • Foot soldiers fighting together
Photo by The U.S. Army
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IRONCLAD

  • A ship covered with iron two famous ones include the Monitor and the Merrimack
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MAIN ATTACK

  • The big concentrated attack against the enemy's week spot
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MINNIE BALL

  • The bullet used in rifles
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PICKET

  • One or more soldiers responsible for guard duty
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RANK

  • Military leadership in order of importance
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RATIONS

  • Military term for food
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REBEL, CONFEDERATE, BUTTERNUT, GRAYBACK, JONNY REB, OR REB

  • Slang terms for soldiers fighting for the South
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RECRUIT

  • A soldier that just signed up
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RIFLED MUSKET

  • The standard infantry weapon
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SALT PORK

  • The most common meal ration during war

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