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Civil War

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ABOLITIONIST

A person who wanted to get rid of slavery
Photo by batcula

ARTILLERY

Large powerful weapon such as a cannon

ASSASSINATION

Killing an import person/murder
Photo by LINUZ90

BATTERY

A group of four to six cannons

BATTLE

A large scale combat between two armed forces
Photo by Scott*

BLOCKADE

To close of an area

BORDER STATE

slave-owning states that didn't secede from the Union
Photo by Smabs Sputzer

CARTRIDGE BOX

A box that soldiers us to carry bullets

CASUALTY

A person killed, wounded, or missing in war

CAVALRY

A group soldiers fighting on horseback
Photo by dbnunley

CHLOROFORM

A liquid drop that puts wounded soldiers to sleep

CONFEDERACY OF CSA

The alliance of 11 states to form the Confederate States of America
Photo by pablo.sanchez

CONTRABAND

Goods illegally traded during war time
Photo by jikatu

COPPERHEAD

A Northern Democrat who agreed with the Southern and clamored peace during war

DEPLOY

To spread out armies to create a battle line
Photo by arbyreed

DESERTION

To leave military post

DIXIE

Slang term for the Confederacy, also a song
Photo by pixxiestails

DRAFT OF CONSCRIPTION

The selection of citizens for mandatory military service

DRILL

The process of instructions to teach the recruit how do do things

DYSENTERY

An often fatal disease of the human intestines

ENVELOPMENT

An attack against the flanks of an enemy army in hopes of encircling it

EMANCIPATION

The formal release of slaves from bondage

FLANKS

The size of an army's line in battle

FORAGE

The search for food by soldiers often expense of the farmers near battle area

GREENBACKS

Paper money used during the Civil War in the North

1863

Photo by praline3001

HARDTACK

A think hard cracker
Photo by Auntie P

HAVERSACK

A cloth bag the soldiers carried food in

INFANTRY

Foot soldiers

IRONCLAD

A ship covered in iron plates

MAIN ATTCK

The big attack against the enemy's weak point

MINIE BALL

The standard rifle bullet in the civil war
Photo by clarkrickman

PICKET

One or more soldiers responsible for guard duty

Rank
Military rankings/ Comander-in-Chief (president), General of the Army, Lt. General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Major, Captin, Lieutenant, 1st Sergent, Corporal, Private

RATION

Military term for food
Photo by Paco CT

REBEL,CONFEDERATE,BUTTERNUT,GRAYBACK,JOHNNY REB

A slang term for the south

1864-1865

Photo by cliff1066™

RECRUIT

A soldier that just signed up for the army/ not experienced

RIFILE MUSKET

The standard infantry weapon used in war

SALT PORK

Pork The most common meal/ the pork was slated to preserve it

SECEDE

To withdraw from the Union

STRATEGY

How to deploy troops and where to deploy troops
Photo by sickmouthy

SUTLER

Dry good salesman

TACTICS

The art of maneuvering troops on battlefield/ strategies

TORPEDO

An underwater mine that explodes

TURNING MOVEMENT

Turning the flanks

UNION

USA / 23 northerner states
Photo by Pranav Bhatt

YANKS/ THE BLUES/ FEDERALS

A term for soldiers who fought for the Union
Photo by Vince Alongi

ZOUAVES

Soldiers in colorful uniforms that specialized in precision drilling
Photo by Renaud Camus