Civil War Glossary Flashcards

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Abolitionist

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

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Artillery

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Large, powerful weapons such as cannon and mortars

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Assassination

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The murder of a prominent person such as President Lincoln

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Battery

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A unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed

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Battle

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

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Blockade

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

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Border State

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

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cartridge box

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

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casualty

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

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cavalry

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Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit.

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chloroform

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

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Confederacy or CSA

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

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contraband

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

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copperhead

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

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deploy

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To spread out armies to create a battle line.

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