Civil War Vocab. Pt. 2
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Desertion
to leave one's military post, or to run away from battles, often punishable by death.
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Dixie
slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular Southern song.
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Draft of Conscription
the selection of citizens for mandatory military service.
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Drill
The process of instruction recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit.
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Dysentery
an often fatal disease of the human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions of military camps and battle sites.
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Envelopment
an attack against the flanks of an enemy's army, in the hopes of eventually encircling it.
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Emancipation
The formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in 1863.
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Flanks
the sides of a army's line in battle. A flanking movement is attacking the sides.
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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 in the North.
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