Civil War Vocabulary

the murder of a prominent person, such as President Lincoln

large, powerful weapons, such as cannon and mortars

a leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets

soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit

large scale combat between two armed forces

a unit of four or six cannons

the closing off, using naval forces, of a city or other area to traffic and communication

a person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war

A person who believes in the end of Negro slavery

to spread out armies to create a battle line

the alliance of 11 southern states to form the Confederate States on America

liquid drug used to anesthetized (put to sleep) wounded soldiers in the war

a Northern Democrat who agreed with Southern secession and clamored for peace during the war

goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes known as this as well.

slave owning states that didn't secede from the union