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VOCAB 1-46
WAR OFFICE DISPATCHES
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8th Grade
05/05/2013

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chloroform
Definition
a liquid drug used to kill wounded soldiers in war
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Confederacy
Definition
Alliance of 11 southern states to form Confederate States of America
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Contraband
Definition
goods illegally traded during wartime.
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Copperhead
Definition
northern democrat who agreed with southern succession and clamored peace during the war
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deploy
Definition
to spread armies to create a battle line
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desertion
Definition
to leave ones military post or to run away from battle punishable by death
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Dixie
Definition
slang term for Confederacy also a popular song
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draft
Definition
selection of citizens for mandatory service
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drill
Definition
process of instructing recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit
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dysentery
Definition
fatal disease of the human intestines caused by unsanitary conditions
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envelopment
Definition
an attack against the flanks of an enemy's army in hopes of encircling it
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Emancipation
Definition
formal release of slaves from bondage as it happened in January 1863
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flanks
Definition
the sides of an army's line in battle. A flanking movement is attacking the sides
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forage
Definition
to search for food by soldiers often at the expense of farmers in a battle area
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Greenback
Definition
paper money used during the Civil War in the North
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Hardtack
Definition
a quarter inch or half inch thick hard cracker eaten by soldiers.
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abolitionist
Definition
A person who believed in abolishment of Negro slavery
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artillery
Definition
large powerful cannon or mortar
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battery
Definition
a unit of four or six cannons
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battle
Definition
large scale combat between 2 armed forces
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blockade
Definition
closing off using naval forces of a city to halt traffic and communication
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border states
Definition
Slave owning states who did not succeed from Union
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Cartridge
Definition
a leather box containing bullets
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casualty
Definition
a person killed or wounded MIA
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calvary
Definition
soldiers on horseback fighting
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haversack
Definition
cloth bag used by soldiers to carry rations
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infantry
Definition
foot soldiers marching and fighting together
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Ironclad
Definition
a ship with iron plates and used in the civil war.
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Main attack
Definition
big concentrated attack against the enemies weak point
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Minie ball
Definition
standard rifle bullet. More accurate
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picket
Definition
one or more soldiers responsible for guard duty.
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Rank
Definition
military leadership in order of importance.
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rations
Definition
military term for food
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rebel
Definition
soldier fighting for south
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recruit
Definition
solder who just signed up to be a soldier
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rifled musket
Definition
standard infantry weapon used in the war
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salt pork
Definition
most common meal ration during the war
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secede
Definition
to withdraw from the Union as the 11 states did
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strategy
Definition
art of military command as to an overall plan of war. How to deploy troops
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sutler
Definition
dry goods salesmen who traveled with the Northern armies. provision for extra items
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tactics
Definition
art of maneuvering troops on a battlefield
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torpedo
Definition
underwater mine that exploded
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turning movement
Definition
sending troops around the enemy flank to attack his line of communications
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Union
Definition
the collection of 23 northern states who fought the CSA
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Yank
Definition
term for soldier who fought for the Union
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Zouave
Definition
soldiers in colorful uniforms patterned after french infantry soldiers. specialized in drilling
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