To leave ones military post, or to run away from battles, often punishable by death.

A slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular song in the South.

The selection of citizens for mandatory military service.

The process of instruction recruits used to march and practice the military arts as a unit.

An often fatal disease of the human intestine

An attack against the flanks of an enemy's army

The formal release of slaves from bondage

The search for food by soliders

The sides of an army's line battle

Paper money used during the Civil War in the North