Civil War
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BATTERY
A UNIT OF FOUR OR SIX CANNONS, OR A FORTIFIED POSITION ON WHICH THEY ARE PLACED
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Blockade: The closing off, usual naval forces, of a city or other are to traffic and communication.
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Boarder State: Slave- owning states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.
CARTRIDGE BOX
A LEATHER BOX IN WHICH THE SOLDIER CARRIED HIS ROUNDS OR BULLETS
Chloroform: The liquid drug used to anesthetize wounded soldiers in 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 for sometimes called the contraband during the war.
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Copperhead: A northern democrat who agreed with Southern secession and clamored for peace during the war
DEPLOY
TO SPREAD OUT ARMIES TO BRING A BATTLE LINE
Desertion: to leave one's military post, or to run away from battles, often punishable by death
Dixie: slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular southern song.
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Draft of conscription: The selection of citizens for mandatory military service.
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Drill: The process of instruction recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit
Dysentery: an often fatal disease of the human intestines usually caused by an unsanitary conditions of military camps and battles
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Envelopment: an attack against the flanks of an enemy's army in hopes of eventually encircling it.
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Emancipation: The formal release of slaves from bondage and as it happened in January 1863.
Flanks: The sides of an army's line in battle. A flanking movement is attacking the sides.
Forage: the search for food by soldiers often at the expense of the farmers in a battle area.
GREENBACK
PAPER MONEY USE DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN THE NORTH.
Hardtack: a quarter inch or half inch thick hard cracker eaten by Civil War soldiers. Also known as biscuit,crackers, and army bread.
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Infantry: foot soldiers marching and fighting together. The vast majority of Civil War soldiers infantry.
Ironclad: A ship covered with iron plates in used in the Civil War, in the famous Merrimack vs. Monitor first ever naval battles between the ironclads in 1862. They revolutionized naval warfare.
Mean attack: the big, concentrated attack against the enemies week or critical point.
Miniball: the standard rifle bullet used in the war. From France, it made the rifle more accurate and led to staggering casualties.
Picket: one or more soldiers responsible for guard duty, always watchful for enemy approach.
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Rank: military leadership in order importance in decision-making responsibilities usually from the commander-in-chief ( president ) General of the Army, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, 1st Sergeant, Corporal, Private
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RATIONS
MILITARY TERM FOR FOOD
Rebel or Confederate, Butternut, Grayback, Johnny Reb, or Reb: A slang term for a soldier fighting for the south.
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Recruit: a soldier who has just signed up to be a soldier and is without battle experience.
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Rifled Musket: the standard infantry weapon used in the war. Usually .58 or .577 caliber, the rifle fired a Minie ball through a spiral grooved barrel, spinning the bullet for more velocity and accuracy
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Salt pork: the most common meal ration during the war along with hardtack and coffee. The pork was salted to preserve it.
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Secede: to withdraw from the union as 11 southern states did 1860- 1861. During the war southerners were were frequently called secession by northerners.
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Strategy: the art of the military command as an overall plan of the war. How to deploy troops and where to deploy troops are components of strategic planning.
Sutler: dry goods salesman who traveled with the Northern states. Considered necessary for the provision of extra items for the soldiers, settlers often cheater and overcharge military customers.
TACTICS
THE ART OF MANEUVERING TROOPS ON A BATTLEFIELD.
Torpedo: Civil War term for an underwater mine that exploded. Used on Rivers to defend against enemy ships.
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Turning movement: a military tactic. Sending troops around the enemies flank side to attack his line from communications in the rear of his battle line.
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