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Civil War VOCAB

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ABOLITIONIST

A PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN THE ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY
Photo by Ron Cogswell

ARTILLERY

LARGE, POWERFUL WEAPONS

ASSASSINATION

THE MURDER OF A PROMINENT PERSON SUCH AS PRESIDENT LINCOLN
Photo by cliff1066™

BATTERY

A UNIT OF FOUR OR SIX CANNONS, OR A FORTIFIED POSITION ON. WHICH THEY ARE PLACED
Photo by HBarrison

BATTLE

LARGE SCALE COMBAT BETWEEN TWO ARMED FORCES
Photo by simononly

BLOCKADE

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

BORDER STATE

SLAVE-OWNING STATES THAT DID NOT SECEDE FROM THE UNION
Photo by Nick Kenrick.

CARTRIDGE BOX

A LEATHER BOX IN WHICH THE SOLDIER CARRIED HIS ROUNDS OR BULLETS

CASUALTY

A PERSON KILLED, WOUNDED, CAPTURED OR MISSING DURING THE WAR
Photo by Army Medicine

CAVALRY

SOLDIERS MOUNTED ON A HORSEBACK FIGHTING AS A UNIT
Photo by barryskeates

CHLOROFORM

THE LIQUID DRUG USED TO ANESTHETIZE (PUT TO SLEEP) WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Photo by Ron Cogswell

CONFEDERACY OR CSA

THE ALLIANCE OF 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO FORM THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
Photo by pablo.sanchez

CONTRABAND

GOODS ILLEGALLY TRADED DURING WARTIME

CONFEDERACY OR CSA

THE ALLIANCE OF 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO FORM THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA
Photo by fdbryant3

COPPERHEAD

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

DEPLOY

TO SPREAD OUT ARMIES TO CREATE A BATTLE LINE
Photo by Peer.Gynt

1982 VOCAB

Photo by snacktime2007

DESERTION

TO LEAVE ONES MILITARY POST
Photo by barryskeates

DIXIE

SLANG TERM FOR THE CONFEDERACY
Photo by tncountryfan

DRAFT OF CONSPRIPTION

THE SELECTION OF CITIZENS FOR MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE
Photo by simononly

DRILL

THE PROCESS OF INSTRUCTION RECRUITS HOW TO MARCH

DYSENTERY

AN OFTEN FATAL DISEASE OF THE HUMAN INTESTINES
Photo by Thiophene_Guy

ENVELOPMENT

AN ATTACK AGAINST THE FLANKS OF ENEMYS ARMY
Photo by dbnunley

EMANCIPATION

THE FORMAL RELEASE OF SLAVES FROM BONDAGE
Photo by dbnunley

FLANKS

THE SIDES OF AN ARMYS LINE IN BATTLE
Photo by barryskeates

FORAGE

THE SEARCH FOR FOOD BY SOLDIERS
Photo by dbnunley

GREENBACK

PAPER MONEY USED DURING CIVIL WAR
Photo by takacsi75

1863 VOCAB

Photo by John-Morgan

HARDTACK

A QUARTER-INCH OR HALF-INCH THICK HARD CRACKER

HAVERSACK

A CLOTH BAG USED SOLDIERS TI CARRY RATIONS AND FOOD

INFANTRY

FOOT SOLDIERS MARCHING AND FIGHTING TOGETHER
Photo by The U.S. Army

IRONCLAD

A SHIP COVERED WITH IRON PLATES. EX. MERRIMAC AND MONITOR

MAIN ATTACK

THE BIG, CONCENTRATED ATTACK THE ENEMYS WEAK OR CRITICAL POINT
Photo by Peer.Gynt

MINIE BALL

THE STANDARD RIFLE BULLET USED IN THE WAR

PICKET

ONE OR MORE SOLDIERS RESPONSIBLE FOR GUARD DUTY
Photo by dbnunley

RANK

MILITARY LEADERSHIP IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE AND DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES
Photo by marfis75

RATIONS

MILITARY TERM FOR FOOD
Photo by dbnunley

REBEL, CONFEDERATE, BUTTERNUT, GRAYBACK, JOHNNY REB, OR REB

SLANG TERMS FOR SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR SOUTH
Photo by dbnunley

RECRUIT

A SOLDIER WHO HAS JUST SIGNED UP TO BE A SOLDIER WITHOUT BATTLE EXPERIENCE
Photo by dbnunley

RIFLED MUSKET

THE STANDARD INFANTRY WEAPON USED IN WAR

SALT PORK

THE MOST COMMON MEAL RATION DURING WAR, ALONG WITH HARDTACK AND COFFEE.

SECEDE

TO WITHDRAW FROM THE UNION, LIKE THE 11 SOUTHERN STATES
Photo by amerune

STRATEGY

THE ART OF MILITARY COMMAND AS TO AN OVERALL PLAN OF WAR
Photo by ibm4381

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