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Question 1

Abolitionist

Answer 1

A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of Negro slavery.

Question 2

Artillery

Answer 2

Large, powerful weapons such as cannon and mortars

Question 3

Assassination

Answer 3

The murder of a prominent person such as President Lincoln

Question 4

Battery

Answer 4

A unit of 4 or 6 cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed

Question 5

Battle

Answer 5

Large-scale combat between two armed forces(skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer)

Question 6

Blockade

Answer 6

The closing off, using naval forces, of a city or other area to traffic and communication

Question 7

Border state

Answer 7

Slave-owning states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri

Question 8

Cartridge box

Answer 8

A leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets

Question 9

Casualty

Answer 9

A person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war

Question 10

Cavalry

Answer 10

Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit

Question 11

Chloroform

Answer 11

The liquid drug used to anesthetize (put to sleep) wounded soldiers in the war

Question 12

C.S.A

Answer 12

The alliance of 11 Southern states to form the Confederate States of America

Question 13

Contraband

Answer 13

Goods illegally traded during the wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war

Question 14

Copperhead

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Deploy

Answer 15

To spread out armies to create a battle line

Question 16

Desertion

Answer 16

To leave one’s military post, or to run away from battle, often punishable by death

Question 17

Dixie

Answer 17

Slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular Southern song

Question 18

Draft or Conscription

Answer 18

The selection of citizens for mandatory military service

Question 19

Drill

Answer 19

The process of instructing recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit

Question 20

Dysentery

Answer 20

An often fatal disease of the human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions of military camps and battle sites.

Question 21

Envelopment

Answer 21

An attack against the flanks of an enemy’s army, in hopes of eventually encircling it

Question 22

Emancipation

Answer 22

The formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in January 1863

Question 23

Flanks

Answer 23

The sides of an army’s line in battle. A flanking movement is attacking at the sides

Question 24

Forage

Answer 24

The search for food by soldiers often at the expense of farmers in a battle area

Question 25

Greenback

Answer 25

Paper money used during the Civil War in the North

Question 26

Hardtack

Answer 26

A quarter-inch or half-inch thick hard cracker eaten by Civil War soldiers. Also known as biscuits, crackers, and army bread

Question 27

Haversack

Answer 27

Cloth bag used by soldiers,to carry rations and food

Question 28

Infantry

Answer 28

Foot soldiers marching and fighting together. The vast majority of Civil War soldiers were infantry

Question 29

Ironclad

Answer 29

A ship covered with iron plates and used in the Civil War, as in the famous Merrimac vs. Moniter first-ever naval battle between ironclads in 1862. The ironclad ships revolutionized naval warfare.

Question 30

Main Attack

Answer 30

The big, concentrated attack against the enemy’s weak or critical point

Question 31

Minie Ball

Answer 31

The standard rifle bullet used in war. From France, it made the rifle more accurate and led to staggering casualties.

Question 32

Picket

Answer 32

One or more soldiers responsible for guard duty, always watchful for enemy approach.

Question 33

Rank

Answer 33

Military leadership in order of importance and decision-making responsibilities usually prioritized from the Commander-in-Chief (president), General of the army, Lt. General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, 1st Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private.

Question 34

Rations

Answer 34

Military term for food

Question 35

Rebel
Confederate
Butternut
Grayback
Johnny Reb
Reb

Answer 35

A slang term for a soldier fighting for the South

Question 36

Recruit

Answer 36

A soldier who has just signed up to be a soldier and is without battle experience.

Question 37

Rifled Musket

Answer 37

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.

Question 38

Salt Pork

Answer 38

The most common meal ration during the war, along with hardtack and coffee. The pork was salted to preserve it.

Question 39

Secede

Answer 39

To withdraw from the Union, as 11 Southern states did in 1860-1861. During the war, Southerners were frequently called “secesh” by Northerners

Question 40

Strategy

Answer 40

The art of military command as to an overall plan of war. How to deploy troops and where to deploy troops are components of strategic planning.

Question 41

Sutler

Answer 41

Dry goods salesman who traveled with the Northern armies. Considered necessary for the provision of extra items for the soldiers, sutlers often cheated and overcharged military customers

Question 42

Tactics

Answer 42

The art of maneuvering troops on a battlefield

Question 43

Torpedo

Answer 43

Civil War term for an underwater mine that exploded. Used on rivers to defend against enemy ships

Question 44

Turning Movement

Answer 44

A military tactic. Sending troops around the enemy’s flank (side) to attack his line of communications in the rear of his battle line.

Question 45

Union

Answer 45

The collection of 23 Northern states which fought the rebellious Confederacy during the Civil War. Also called USA

Question 46

Yank
The Blue
Federals
Billy Yank

Answer 46

Term for soldier who fought for the Union

Question 47

Zouave

Answer 47

Soldiers in colorful uniforms patterned after French infantry soldiers, and who specialized in precision drilling