Cilvil War Vocab

Question 0

Blockade

Answer 0

The closing off of a city to traffic and communication.

Question 1

Battle

Answer 1

Large scale combat between two armed forces

Question 2

Border State

Answer 2

A slave state that does not secede but instead remains loyal to the union (Missouri, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland)

Question 3

Cartridge Box

Answer 3

Leather box in which a soldier carries his bullets

Question 4

Casualty

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Chloroform

Answer 5

Liquid used to dull the pain of wounds

Question 6

Civil War

Answer 6

A war between two sections or groups within a country

Question 7

Confederacy

Answer 7

Collection of 11 Southern states and who had broken away from the American government, often called the CSA.

Question 8

Conscription

Answer 8

The selection of citizens for mandatory military service.

Question 9

Dixie

Answer 9

Slang term for the confederacy

Question 10

Dysentery

Answer 10

Diarrhea, often a fatal disease of the intestines

Question 11

Emancipation

Answer 11

The formal release of slaves from bondage (freedom of slaves)

Question 12

Hardtack

Answer 12

Sick hard cracker eaten by civil war soldiers

Question 13

Haversack

Answer 13

Cloth bag used for soldiers for rations

Question 14

Ironclad

Answer 14

The shift covered with iron plates

Question 15

Mini Ball

Answer 15

The standard rifle bullet used in the Civil war

Question 16

Rations

Answer 16

Military term for food

Question 17

Salt pork

Answer 17

Much like beef jerky, dried and salted pork

Question 18

Sutler

Answer 18

Try good sales man, often did business from a wagon, often cheated soldiers, like a traveling convenient store

Question 19

Union

Answer 19

Collection of 23 northern states, also called the USA