Term
|
Definition
| Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A soldier who was appointed by an officer to be his confidential assistant. The aide wrote and delivered orders and held a position of responsibility which required him to know troop positions and where officer quarters were located. The aide-de-camp was an officer by virtue of his position and he took orders from his commander only. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A term often used to describe the United States of America before the outbreak of the Civil War. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear or pike in hand-to-hand combat. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
1. a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
2. the place used for such an encampment. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri. Although these states did not officially join the Confederacy, many of their citizens supported the South. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A breech-loading weapon is a firearm (a rifle, a gun, etc.) in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded into a chamber integral to the rear portion of a barrel. |
|
|
Term
| Spirituals: a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern US, and thought to derive from the combination of European. |
|
Definition
|
|
