A PERSON WHO BELIEVED IN THE ABOLISHMENT OR ABOLITION OR NEGRO SLAVERY.

LARGE, POWERFUL WEAPONS SUCH AS CANNON MORTARS.

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.

LARGE SCALE COMBAT BETWEEN TWO ARMED FORCES (SKIRMISHES AND ENGAGEMENT ARE SMALLER SCALED AND BRIEFER.)

THE CLOSING OFF, USING NAVAL FORCES, OF A CITY OR OTHER AREA TO TRAFFIC AND COMMUNICATION.

SLAVE-OWNING STATES THAT DID NOT SECEDE 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 SOLDIERS IN THE WAR.

THE ALLIANCE OF 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO FORM THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

GOODS ILLEGALLY TRADED DURING WARTIME. SLAVES WERE SOMETIMES CALLED CONTRABAND DURING THE WAR.

A NORTHERN DEMOCRAT WHO AGREED WITH SOUTHERN SECESSION AND CLAMORED FOR PEACE DURING THE WAR.

TO SPREAD OUT ARMIES TO CREATE A BATTLE LINE.

TO LEAVE ONE'S MILITARY POST, OR TO RUN AWAY FROM BATTLES, OFTEN PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.

SLANG TERM FOR THE CONFEDERACY, ALSO A POPULAR SOUTHERN SONG.

THE SELECTION OF CITIZENS FOR MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE.

THE PROCESS OF INSTRUCTION RECRUITS HOW TO MARCH AND PRACTICE THE MILITARY ARTS AS A UNIT.

AN OFTEN FATAL DISEASE OF THE HUMAN INTESTINES, USUALLY CAUSED BY UNSANITARY CONDITIONS OF MILITARY CAMPS AND BATTLE SITES.

AN ATTACK AGAINST THE FLANKS OF AN ENEMY'S ARMY, IN HOPES OF EVENTUALLY ENCIRCLING IT.

THE FORMAL RELEASE OF SLAVES FROM BONDAGE, AS IT HAPPENED IN JANUARY 1863.

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.

A QUATER-INCH OR HALF-INCH THICK HARD CRACKER EATEN BY CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS. ALSO KNOWN AS BISCUITS, CRACKERS, AND ARMY BREAD..

CLOTH BAG USED BY SOLDIERS TO CARRY RATIONS AND FOOD

FOOT SOLDIERS MARCHING AND FIGHTING TOGETHER. THE VAST MAJORTY OF CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS WERE INFANTRY.

A SHIP COVERED WITH IRON PLATES AND USED IN THE CIVIL WAR, IN THE FAMOUS MERRIMAC VS. MONITOR FIRST EVER NAVAL BATTLES BETWEEN THE IRONCLADS IN 1862. THEY REVOLUTIONIZED NAVAL WARFARE.

THE BIG, CONCENTRATED ATTACK AGAINST THE ENEMY'S WEAK OR CRITICAL POINT.

THE STANDARD RIFLE BULLET USED IN THE WAR. FROM FRANCE, IT MADE THE RIFLE MORE ACCURATE AND LED TO STAGGERING CASUALTIES.

ONE OR MORE SOLDIERS RESPONSIBLE FOR GUARD DUTY, ALWAYS WATCHFUL FOR ENEMY APPROACH

MILITARY LEADERSHIP IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE AND DECISION-MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES USUALLY PRIORITIZED FROM THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (PRESIDENT) GENERAL OFTHE ARMY, LT. GENERAL, MAJOR GENERAL, BRIGADIER, COLONEL, MAJOR, CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANT. 1ST SERGEANT, CORPORAL, PRIVATE

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 STANDARD INFANTRY WEAPON USED IN THE WAR. USUALLY .58 OR .577 CALIBER, THE "RIFLE" FIRED A MINIE BALL THROUGH A SPIRAL GROOVED BARREL, SPINNING THE BULLET FOR MORE VELOCITY AND ACCURACY

THE MOST COMMON MEAL RATION DURING THE WAR, ALONG WITH HARDTACK AND COFFE. THE PORK WAS SALTED TO PRESERVE IT.

TO WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION, AS 11 SOUTHERN STATES DID IN 1860-1861. DURING THE WAR, SOUTHERNERS WERE FREQUENTLY CALLED "SECESH" BY NORTHERNS.

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.

DRY GOODS SALESMEN WHO TRAVELED WITH THE NORTHERN ARMIES. CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THE PROVISION OF EXTRA ITEMS FOR THE SOLDIERS, SULTERS OFTEN CHEATER AND OVERCHARGE MILITARY CUSTOMERS.

THE ART OF MANEUVERING TROOPS ON A BATTLEFIELD

CIVIL WAR TERM FOR AN UNDERWATER MINE THAT EXPLODED. USED ON RIVERS TO DEFEND AGAINST ENEMY SHIPS.

A MILITARY TACTIC. SENDING TROOPS AROUND THE ENEMY'S FLANK (SIDE) TO ATTACK HIS LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE REAR OF HIS BATTLE LINE

THE COLLECTION OF 23 NORTHERN STATES WHICH FOUGHT THE REBELLIOUS CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. ALSO CALLED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

TERM FOR SOLDIER WHO FOUGHT FOR THE UNION

SOLDIERS IN COLORFUL UNIFORMS PATTERNED AFTER THE FRENCH INFANTRY SOLDIERS, AND WHO SPECIALIZED IN PRECISION DRILLING