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Abolitionist noun
A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of negro slavery
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Artillery noun
Large, powerful weapons such as canon and mortars
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Assassination noun
The murder of a prominent person such as President Lincoln
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Battery noun
A unit of four to six cannons or a fortified position on which they are placed
Battle noun
Large scale combat between two armed forces (skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer)
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Blockade noun
The closing off, using navel forces, of a city or other area of traffic and communication
Border states noun
Slave-owning states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, And Missouri
Cartridge box noun
A leather box in which the solider carried his rounds or bullets
Casualty noun
A person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war
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Cavalry noun
Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit
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Chloroform noun
The liquid drug used to anesthetize ( put to sleep ) wounded soldiers in the war
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Confederacy noun
The alliance of 11 southern states to form the Confederate States of America
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Contraband noun
Goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war.
Copperhead noun
a northern democrat who agreed with southern secession and clamored for peace during the war
Deploy verb
To spread out armies to create a battle line
Desertion verb
To leave ones military post, or to run away from battles, often punishment by death
Dixie noun
Slang used for the confederacy, also a popular southern song
Drafts of conscription noun
The selection of citizens for mandatory military service
Drill verb
The process of instruction recruits how to March and practice the military arts as a unit
Dysentery noun
An often disease of the human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions of camp and battle sites
Envelopment noun
An attack against the flanks of an enemy's army, in hopes of eventually encircling it
Emancipation noun
The formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in January 1863
Flanks noun
The sides of an army's line in battle.
To flank verb
A flanking movement is attacking the sides
Forage verb
To search for food by soldiers often at the expense of the farmers in a battle area
Greenback noun
Paper money used during the civil war in the north
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