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SS Civil War Vocab. #1

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ABOLITIONIST

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

  • Large, powerful weapons such as cannon and motars
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ASSASSINATION

  • The murder of an prominent person.
  • ( such as President Lincoln )
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BATTERY

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

  • Large scale combat between two armed forces ( skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer )
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BLOCKADE

  • The closing off, using naval forces of a city or other area to traffic and communication.
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BORDER STATE

  • Slave owning states that did not secede from the union: Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.
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CARTRIDGE BOX

  • A leather box in which the solider carried his rounds or bullets.
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CASUALTY

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

  • Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit.
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CHLOROFORM

  • The liquid drug used to anesthetize ( put to sleep ) wounded soldiers in the war.
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CONTRABAND

  • Goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war.
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CONFEDERACY OR CSA

  • The alliance of 11 southern states to form the Confederate States of America.
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COPPERHEAD

  • A Northern democrat who agreed with southern secession and clamored for peace during the war.
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DEPLOY

  • To spread out armies to create the battle line.
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