Civil War test 2 Flashcards
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Dixie
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Slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular southern song
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Desertion
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To leave your military post, or to run away from battle, often punishable by death.
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Draft of conscription
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The selection of citizens for military service
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Drill
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The process of instruction on how to march and practice the military arts as a unit.
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Dysentery
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An often fatal disease of human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions.
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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 of 1863).
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Flanks
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The sides of an army’s line in battle.
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Forage
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The search for food by soldiers
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Greenback
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Paper money used during the Civil War in the north.
