to leave one's military post, or to run away from battles, often punishable by death

a slang term for Confederacy, also a popular Southern song

the selection of citizens for mandatory military service

the process of instruction recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit

an often fatal disease of the human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions of military camps and battle sites

an attack against the flanks of an enemy's army, in hopes of eventually encircling it.

the formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in January 1863

the sides of an army's line in battle. A flanking movement is attacking the sides

the search for food by soldiers often at the expense of the farmers in a battle area

paper money used during the Civil War in the North