I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg Vocabulary

The part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback

• Calvary

• canteen

• scorching

• regiment

A kind of litter, often of canvas stretched on a frame for carrying the sick, wounded, or dead

• Calvary

• canteen

• stretcher

• smudge

A small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids

• smudge

• burly

• capital

• canteen

A unit of military ground forces consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.

• crazed

• Confederate

• regiment

• scorching

Burning, very hot

• scorching

• canteen

• capital

• smudge

A dirty mark or smear

• canteen

• smudge

• burly

• Yankee

Large in bodily size; stout; sturdy

• stretcher

• smudge

• capital

• burly

Suffering loss of emotional control

• ferocious

• Confederate

• Yankee

• crazed

The city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.

• stretcher

• smudge

• capital

• burly

Savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel

• ferocious

• crazed

• regiment

• scorching