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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Recruit: a soldier who has just signed up to be a soldier and is without battle experience

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Rifled musket: the standard infantry weapon used in the war.

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Salt pork: the most common meal ration during the war, along with hardtack and coffee. The pork was salted to preserve it.

Secede: to withdraw from the Union, as 11 southern states did in 1860-1861.

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Strategy: the art of military command as to an overall plan of war. How to deploy troops and where to deploy troops are components of strategic planning.

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Sutler: dry goods salesman who traveled with the Northern armies. Considered necessary for the provision of extra items for the soldiers, sutlers often cheater and overcharge military customers.

Tactics: the art of maneuvering troops on a battlefield.

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Torpedo: Civil War term for an underwater mine that exploded. Used on rivers to defend against enemy ships.

Turning movement: a military tactic. Sending troops around the enemy's flank to attack his line of communications in the rear of his battle line.

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Union:the collection of 23 states which fought the rebellious Confederacy during the Civil War.

Yank, The Blue, Federals or Billy Yank: Slang term for Union soldier

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Zouave: Soldiers in colorful uniforms patterned after French infantry soldiers, and who specialized in precision drilling

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