Civil War Flashcards
Abolitionist
A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of negro slavery
Artillery
Large powerful weapons such as cannons and mortars
Assassination
The murder of prominent person such as president Lincoln
Battery
A unit of 4 or 6 cannons or a fortified position on which they were placed
Battle
Large scale combat between 2 armed forces ( skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer)
Blockade
The closing off using navel forces of a city or other area to traffic and communication
Border state
Slave owning states that did not secede from the union Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri
Cartridge box
A leather box in which the solider carried his round and bullets
Casualty
A person killed wounded captured or missing during the war
Cavalry
Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit
