Civil War Glossary II Flashcards

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Desertion

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

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Dixie

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Slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular southern song.

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Draft of conscription

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The selection of citizens for mandatory military service.

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Drill

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

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Dysentery

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

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Envelopment

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

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Emancipation

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The formal release of slaves from bondage, as it happened in January 8163.

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Flanks

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Decides of an army slime in battle. A flanking movement is attacking the sides.

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Forage

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

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Greenback

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Paper money used during the Civil War in the North.

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