Civil War Vocab 6th

Southern States or Confederate States of America who seceded from the Union in the Civil War.

• Union

• Confederacy

• Redcoats

• Reservations

The forced enlistment of people in into the armed forces of a country.

• Conscription

• Confederacy

• Casualty

• Mercantilism

Speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg, which was a turning point in the Civil War.

• Declaration of Independence

• Commencement Ceremony

• Gettysburg Address

• Appomattox Address

The North or Northern States; States that remained loyal to the national government during the Civil War.

• Union

• Confederacy

• Patriots

• Redcoats

Involves the destruction of all enemy targets, supplies, and infrastructure.

• Flanking Maneuver

• Gettysburg Address

• Total War

• Warrior Code

Soldiers killed or wounded in battle.

• Casualties

• Sickness/Disease

• The Red Cross

A Network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.

• Overground Railroad

• Underground Railroad

• White House Tunnels

• The Secret Trail

A war between citizens of the same country.

• Total War

• Inter War

• Civil War

• Star Wars

To formally withdraw from something.

• Secede

• Deposit

• Run Away

• Emancipate

Declared that all enslaved people must be set free.

• Gettysburg Address

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Underground Railroad

• Fugitive Slave Act