The Civil War Vocabulary

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  1. 7. The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South
  2. 8. an unrecognized breakaway republic of 11 Southern U.S. states
  3. 11. A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured.
  4. 13. A two-wheeled or four-wheeled wagon or cart used to transport wounded or sick soldiers.
  5. 17. Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
  6. 18. A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
  7. 19. Cannon or other large caliber firearms; a branch of the army armed with cannon.
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  1. 1. The officer who was responsible for supplying clothing, supplies and food for the troops.
  2. 2. Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War.
  3. 3. A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf.
  4. 4. A ship protected by iron armor.
  5. 5. Blocking the supply lines and escape routes of a city to force it to surrender. A siege usually meant one army trapped in a city, slowly running out of food and fresh water, with the opposing army camped outside.
  6. 6. the formal withdrawal of a group, state, or region from a larger political entity or organization.
  7. 9. A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers.
  8. 10. Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
  9. 12. Loyal to the Confederate States. Also Southern or Confederate.
  10. 14. A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
  11. 15. Freedom from slavery.
  12. 16. A group of states or nations joined under one government
  13. 19. A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War.