Civil War Words

Which word is represented by the picture?

• infantry

• cavalry

• artillery

• knapsack

Another name for "foot soldiers" is ______.

• infantry

• cavalry

• artillery

• skirmish

Stonewall Jackson led a group of horse-mounted _________.

• infantry

• artillery

• cavalry

• battle

A soldier would have carried his belongings in a ________.

• knapsack

• bayonet

• cavalry

• skirmish

States' rights was one of the issues that caused the South to _______ from the North.

• knapsack

• secede

• cavalry

• artillery

An amputation would be considered a ________.

• casualty

• knapsack

• skirmish

• battle

A group of Confederate scouts may fight a small group of Union scouts in a ________________.

• battle

• war

• skirmish

At the end of the _______, the Confederate Army surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.

• skirmish

• war

• battle

The _____ was fought outside of the town of Gettysburg.

• skirmish

• war

• battle

A __________ could be attached to a gun and used in hand-to-hand combat.

• knapsack

• artillery

• bayonet

• skirmish