Civil War Vocabulary 2
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DESERTION
- To leave ones military post often punishable by death
DIXIE
- Slang term for the confederacy also a popular southern song
DRAFT OF CONSCRIPTION
- The selection of citizens for mandatory military service
DRILL
- The process of instruction troops how to March and practice the military arts as a unit
DYSENTERY
- A often fatal disease of the human intestines usually caused by the unsanitary conditions of military camps and battle sites
ENVELOPMENT
- An attack against the flanks of an enemy's army in hopes of eventually encircling it
EMANCIPATION
- E formal release of slaves from bondage as it happened in January 1863
FLANJS
- The side of a army's line in battle a flanking movement is attacking the sides
FORAGE
- The search of food by soldiers often at the expense of nearby farmers in a battle area
GREENBACK
- Paper money used during the civil war in the north
