Civil War Vocabulary

Someone who wishes to get rid of (abolish) slavery

• Infantry

• Abolishionist

• Recruits

• Private

Northerner, opposed to the war

• General

• rebel

• Private

• Copperhead

A boundry line that marked the divide between northern and southern states

• Mason-Dixon Line

• Federal

• South

• North

A practice in which african americans were owned by others, usually white people and forced to labor

• Surrender

• Emancipation

• Slavery

• Ambush

Admite defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds

• Charge

• Arsenal

• Confederate

• Surrender

Freedom from slavery

• Emancipation

• reconstruction

• ratify

• Union

Lowest rank in the military

• Brigade

• Blockade

• Private

• Recruits

Loyal to the government of United States (also known as union, yankee, or the North)

• Sourth

• Confederate

• Secession

• Federal

Approve

• Charge

• Amush

• Ratify

• Skirmish

A place where military weapons and supplies are stored

• Antebellum

• Infantry

• Arsenal

• Ambush