Civil War Vocab List 4
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
RECRUIT
- A soldier who has just signed up to be a soldier and is without battle experience
RIFLED MUSKET
- The standard infantry weapon used in the war usually a .58 or .577 caliber the rifle fired a Minnie ball through a spiral grooved barrel spinning the bullet for more accuracy
- Note, rifling does not increase velocity, I looked it up. science!!!!!!
SALT PORK
- The most common ration in the war along with hardtack and coffee the pork was salted to preserve it
SECEDE
- To withdraw from the union like the 11 southern states did in 1860-1861 during the war southerners were frequently called secession by northerners
STRATEGY
- The art of military as to an overall plan of war how to deploy troops and where to deploy troops are the components of strategy
SUTLER
- Dry goods salesman who traveled with the northern armies considered necessary for the provision of extra items for the soldier. Subtler a often cheated and overcharged military customers
TACTICS
- The art of maneuvering troops on a battlefield
TORPEDO
- Civil war term for a under water mine that exploded used on rivers to defend against enemy ships
TURNING MOVEMENT
- A military tactic sending troops around the enemy's flank to attack his line of communications in the rear of the battle line
UNION
- The 23 northern states
THE BLUE, THE FEDERALS, YANK, BILLLY YANK
- Slang term for Union soldiers
ZOUAVE
- French soldiers in colorful uniforms
