Civil War Part 2 Flashcards
The liquid drug used to anesthetize( put to sleep) wounded soldiers in the war
Chloroform
The alliance of 11 southern states to form the Confederate States of America
Confederacy
Goods illegally traded during war time. Slaves were sometimes during the war
Contraband
A northern democrat who agreed with the southern secession and clamored for peace during the war
Copperhead
To spread out armies to create a battle line
Deploy
To leave ones military post or to run away from battle often punishable by death
Desertion
Slang term for the confederacy also a popular southern song
Dixie
The selections of citizens for mandatory military service
Draft or conscription
The process of instructing recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit
Drill
An often fatal disease of the human intestines caused by unsanitary conditions of the military camps and battle sites
Dysentery
An attack against the flanks of an enemies army in hopes of eventually encircling it
Envelopment
The formal release of slaves from bondage as it happened in January 1863
Emancipation
The sides of an armies line in battle. A movement is attacking the sides
Flanks
To search for food by soldiers often at the expense of farmers in a battle area
Forage
Paper money used during the civil war in the north
Greenback
