PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Abolitionist
Noun
A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of Negro slavery
Artillery
Noun
Large, powerful weapons such as cannons or mortars
Assassination
Verb
The murder of someone important
Battery
Noun
A unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed.
Battle
Noun
Large scale combat between to armed forces
Blockade
Verb
The closing of using of a city or other area to traffic and communication
Border State
Noun
Slave owning state that sided with the union
Cartridge Box
Noun
A leather box that carried bullets
Casualty
Noun
A person killed,wounded,captured, or gone missing during war
Calvary
Noun
Soldiers in horseback
Chloroform
Noun
The liquid drug used to put to sleep wounded soldiers.
CSA
Noun
The alliance of 11 southern states to form the CSA
Contraband
Noun
Goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war.
Copperhead
Noun
A northern democrat who agreed with Southern secession and clamor end for peace during the war.
Deploy
Noun
To spread out armies to create a battle line.