Abolitionist - a person who believed in the abolishment (ending) or abolition of Negro slavery, Artillery - large, powerful weapons such as cannon and mortars, Assassination - the murder of a prominent or political person such as President Lincoln, Battery - a unit of four or six cannons, or fortified position on which they are placed, Battle - Large-scale combat between two armed forces (skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer), Blockade - the closing off, using naval forces, or a city or other area to traffic and communication, Border state - Slave-owning states that did not secede from Union; Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri, Cartridge box - a leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets, Casualty - a person killed, wounded, captured, or missing during the war, Cavalry - soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit, Chloroform - the liquid drug used to anesthetize (put to sleep) wound soldiers in the war, Confederacy/CSA - the alliance of 11 Southern states to form the Confederate States to form the Confederate States of America, Contraband - goods illegally traded during the wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war, Copperhead - a Northern Democrat who agreed with Southern secession and clamored for peace during the war, Deploy - to spread out armies to create a battle line, Desertion - to leave one's military post, or to run away from battle, often punishable by death, Dixie - slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular Southern song, Draft/conscription - the selection of citizens for mandatory military service, Drill - the process of instructing recruits how to march and practice the military arts as a unit, Dysentery - an often fatal disease of the human intestines, usually caused by unsanitary conditions of military camps and battle sites,

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