Civil War #1
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Artillery
Large, powerful weapons such as mortars and cannons.
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Assassination
The murder of a prominent person such as President Abraham Lincoln.
Battery
I unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed.
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Battle
Large-scale combat between two Armed Forces (skirmishes and engagements are smaller scale and briefer)
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Blockade
The closing off, using naval forces, of a city or other area of traffic and communication
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Border state
Slaveholding states that did not secede from the union: Delaware, Kentucky Missouri, and Maryland.
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Casualty
A person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war.
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Cavalry
Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit.
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Chloroform
The liquid drug used to anesthetize wounded soldiers of the war.
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Confederacy or CSA
The alliance of 11 southern states to form the Confederate states of America.
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Contraband
Goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war.
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Copperhead
A Northern Democrat who agreed with Southern session and clamor end for peace during the war.
Photo by Jim Surkamp
