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