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1862

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Desertion: to leave one's military post, or to run away from battles, often punishable by death

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Draft of conscription: the selection of citizens for mandatory military service

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Emancipation: the formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in January 1863

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Forage: the search for food by soldiers often at the expense of the farmers in battle area

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Greenback: paper money used during the Civil War in the north

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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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