A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of Negro slavery.

Large, powerful weapons such as cannon and motors.

The murder of a prominent person such as President Lincoln.

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

TThe closing off, using the naval forces, of a city or other area to traffic in communication.

Slave – owning states that did not succeed from the union: Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.

A leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets.

A person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war.

Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit.

The liquid drug used to anesthetize (put to sleep) wounded soldier in the war.

To spread out armies to create a battle line.

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

Slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular Southern song.

The selection of citizens for mandatory military services.

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

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.

Cloth bag used by soldiers to carry rations and food.

Foot soldiers marching in fighting together. The vast majority of Civil War soldiers were infantry

The big, concentrated attack against enemies weak are critical point.

One or more soldiers responsible for guard duty, always watchful for an enemy approach.

Military term for food.

A slang term for a soldier fighting for the south.

A soldier who has just signed up to be a soldier and is without battle experience.

The most common meal ration during the civil war, along with hardtack and coffee.

To withdraw from the Union, as 11 Southern states did in 1860 - 1861.

The art of military command as to an overall plan of war.

Dry goods salesman who traveled with the Northern armies.