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Civil War Study Guide #3

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HARDTACK

  • A quarter-inch or half-inch thick hard cracker eaten by Civil War soldiers. Also known as biscuits, crackers, and army bread.

HAVERSACK

  • Cloth bag used by soldiers to carry rations and food.

INFANTRY

  • Foot soldiers marching in fighting together. The vast majority of civil war soldiers were infantry.
Photo by The U.S. Army

IRONCLAD

  • A ship covered with iron plates and used in the Civil War, in the famous Merrimack versus monitor first ever naval battles between the iron clad in 1862. They revolutionized naval warfare.

MAIN ATTACK

  • The big concentrated attack against the army's a week or critical points.
Photo by Peer.Gynt

MINIE BALL

  • The standard rifle bullet used in the war. From France, it made in lead to the staggering casualties.

PICKET

  • One or more soldiers responsible for guard duty, always watchful for enemy approach.