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Civil War

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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

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Battery
Noun
A unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed.

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Battle
Noun
Large scale combat between to armed forces

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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

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Calvary
Noun
Soldiers in horseback

Chloroform
Noun
The liquid drug used to put to sleep wounded soldiers.

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CSA
Noun
The alliance of 11 southern states to form the CSA

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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.