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civil war notebook
civil war notebook vocab
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| secede | withdraw |
| border states | states that were on the border of the south and north |
| habeas corpus | right to have charges filed or a trial before jailed |
| blockade runners | ships that go along the coast and intercept other ships to create a blockade. |
| privateers | an armed private ship licensed to attack enemy shipping |
| pook turtles | They were iron clad ships which the confederates designed |
| antiseptic | reducing or preventing infection, especially by the elimination or reduction of the growth of microorganisms |
| minie ball | a bullet with a coneshaped head and a hollow base that expands when fired, used in muzzle-loading rifles of the 19th century. |
| artillery | large-caliber guns, e.g, cannons, howitzers, missile launchers, and mortars. |
| cooperheads | Northerner who opposed fighting to keep the south in the union. |
| conscription | obligatory enrollment of citizens for a period of service, uaually in the armed forces. |
| bounties | payment. Given to men who joined the union army. |
| skirmish | an incident where fighting breaks out briefly between two small contingents away from the main battlefield in a war. |
| siege | a military or police operation in which troops or the police surround a place and cut off all outside access to force surrender |
| total war | where both sides use all of there amo and just go crazy |
| muster | to bring together a group of soldiers or members of a crew for a particular reason |
| anesthetic | a substance that reduces sensitivity to pain and may cause unconsciousness, especially a drug used in medicine |
| cavalry | troops on horseback |
| a score | a score is equal to four years |
| emancipate | set free |
| profiteer | person who takes advantage of an emergency to make money |
| tax-in-kind | tax paid with goods rather than money. |
| daguerreotype | an early photographic process in which an image was produced on a light-sensitive silver or silvercoated plate and developed in mercury vapor. |
| martial law | rule by the military |
| Johny Reb | (blank) |
| Billy Yank | (blank) |
| flank | the left or right side of a military formation. |
| infantry | the soldiers or a unit of soldiers who are trained to fight on foot |
| casualty | the victim of a fatality or serious injury. |
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