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Civil War Vocabulary Word List (527)
| A) | Abolition, Abolitionist, Account, Accuracy, Action, Advance, Advantage, Aggressor, Agriculture, Aim, Alert, Alliance, Ambush, Ammunition, Anguish, Annihilate, Appomattox, Armory, Arms, Army, Arrest, Arsenal, Artillery, Assassination, Attack, Authority, Automatic |
| B) | Bandages, Barricade, Battle, Battlefield, Bayonet, Bedroll, Belligerent, Besiege, Betray, Bitterness, Bivouac, Blast, Blind-side, Blockade, Blood, Bloodshed, Bloody, Bonnie Blue Flag, Bounty, Breech, Brigade, Brutal, Bullet, Burial, Burning, Bury |
| C) | Caisson, Campaigns, Cannon, Canteen, Captive, Capture, Carbine, Carnage, Carpetbagger, Casualties, Cause, Caution, Cavalry, Chaos, Charge, Charred, Clandestine, Clash, Collapse, Combat, Command, Compassion, Compromise, Concentration, Concussion, Confederate, Confederate, Conflict, Confrontation, Confusion, Congress, Conscript, Consequences, Consolidate, Conspire, Contact, Control, Coordinates, Copperheads, Corps, Corpse, Cotton, Counterattack, Courageous, Courier, Crisis, Crops, Crops, Cross-hairs, Culpability, Currency |
| D) | Damage, Danger, Dangerous, Dash, Dead, Deadly, Death, Debacle, Debris, Declaration, Decline, Defeat, Defect, Defection, Defend, Defense, Defensive, Demolish, Desertion, Despair, Destroy, Destruction, Detect, Detection, Devastation, Devotion, Die, Disarray, Disaster, Disastrous, Discipline, Disease, Dispatch, Disperse, Dispute, Disruption, Distance, Division, Doctor, Dominate, Doomed, Downfall, Draft, Drama, Dramatic, Dread, Duck, Duty, Dysentery |
| E) | Economy, Emancipation, Embankment, Encounter, Endurance, Enemy, Engagement, Escape, Execute, Execution, Exercise, Exhaustion, Expectations, Explode, Explosion, Explosive |
| F) | Farming, Fatal, Fear, Fearless, Federal, Feint, Feud, Fierce, Fiery, Fight, Fighter, Flank, Flank, Flee, Flight, Foraging, Forceful, Forces, Forest, Fortification, Fortification, Fray, Frenzy, Fright, Frigid, Front lines, Furtive, Fusillade |
| G) | Gallantry, General, Gettysburg, Goober pea, Gore, Government, Grave, Graybacks, Greenbacks, Grief, Grievous, Groans, Guard, Guns |
| H) | Hardship, Hardtack, Harsh, Hate, Hatred, Havelock, Haversack, Hazards, Hero, Heroic, Heroism, Hide, Hit, Horses, Horses, Hospitalize, Hostility, Howitzer |
| I) | Ignite, Impact, Improvise, Incident, Industry, Inequality, Infantry, Infiltrate, Inflame, Inflation, Inform, Injuries, Instructions, Insurrection, Intelligence, Intense, Intercept, Interrogation, Intervene, Intimidate, Invade, Investigate, Involvement, Ire, Ironclad, Issues |
| K) | Keen, Keg, Kepi, Kill, Killing, Knives |
| L) | Lamentation, Launch, Lee, Legacy, Legislation, Lincoln, Loathsome, Losses, Loyalty |
| M) | Machines, Maim, Maneuvers, Manpower, Marauding, March, Marshes, Mason-Dixon Line, Massacre, Mayhem, Militant, Military, Militia, Mines, Mission, Mistreatment, Momentum, Monitor, Mounds, Muscle, Musket |
| N) | Negotiation, Neutralize, Nightmare, Nom de guerre, North, Northerner, Notorious, Nullification, Nurse |
| O) | Offensive, Officer, Onerous, Operation, Opposition, Options, Order, Outbreak, Outnumbered, Overrun |
| P) | Patriot, Patriotism, Patrol, Penetration, Performance, Personal Liberty Laws, Petrify, Photography, Plunder, Politics, Position, Potent, Powder, Power, Powerful, Preparation, Prison, Prisoner, Proclamation, Protest, Provoke, Prowl, Pugnacious |
| Q) | Quail, Quantity, Quarrel, Queasy, Quell, Quest, Questions, Quiver |
| R) | Rage, Ragged, Railroads, Rally, Ravage, Ravish, Readiness, Rebel, Rebel, Rebellion, Reconnaissance, Reconstruction, Recovery, Recruitment, Red Cross, Reform, Refugee, Regime, Regiment, Reinforcements, Relentless, Reparation, Reprisal, Reputation, Rescue, Resistance, Retaliate, Retreat, Retribution, Revenge, Ricochet, Rifle, Rift, Rival, Rot, Rout, Ruthless |
| S) | Sacrifice, Salt Pork, Salvage, Sanction, Savage, Scare, Score, Scramble, Scurvy, Secession, Secrecy, Secret, Sectionalism, Security, Sedition, Seize, Seizure, Sensors, Sentry, Separation, Setback, Shelling, Shells, Shock, Shoot, Shortage, Shot, Showdown, Siege, Skirmish, Slaughter, Slavery, Smuggle, Soldier, Sorrow, South, Southerner, Spokesman, Spotter, Spy, Stash, States, States Rights, Stealth, Stockade, Storage, Storm, Stowe (Harriet B.), Straggler, Strategic, Strategist, Strategy, Strength, Strife, Strike, Stronghold, Struggle, Suffering, Superstition, Supplies, Support, Suppression, Surprise, Surrender, Survival, Survivor, Suspect, Swamps, Sword |
| T) | Tactics, Target, Telegraphy, Temperature, Tension, Terrain, Territory, Terror, Terrorize, Threaten, Thwart, Tobacco, Topple, Torch, Tourniquet, Tragic, Training, Trample, Transportation, Trap, Trauma, Treachery, Trenches, Triumph, Troops, Tubman: Harriet, Turbulent |
| U) | Unbelievable, Underground Railroad, Uniform, Unify, Union, Unit, Unite, Unleash, Uprising, Urgency |
| V) | Valiant, Valor, Vanish, Vehicle, Veteran, Vicious, Victory, Vigorous, Vile, Violation, Violence, Virginia, Vision, Visionary, Vital, Vociferous, Void, Volunteer, Vow, Vulnerability |
| W) | Wage, War, Warrant, Watchful, Waterways, Weapon, Well-trained, Wince, Wisdom, Worldwide, Wounds, Wreckage |
| Y) | Yankee, Yankee, Yearn, Yelling |
| Z) | Zeal, Zealot, Zigzag, Zone |
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Some Civil War Notables:
Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Robert E. Lee, Philip H. Sheridan, Thomas, J. Jackson, Nathan B. Forrest, Pierre G. T. Beauregard, George B. McClellan, Jefferson Davis, Oliver T. Beard
Other names for the Civil War:
War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, the War of Secession, The War for Southern Independence
Major Civil War Battles word list:
Antietam (Sharpsburg), Battle of Shiloh, Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, Fort Sumter, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Manassas, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Vickburg, Seven Days, Siege of Petersburg, The Wilderness
A word list of some Civil War Ballads and Songs:
John Brown's Body, The Battle Cry of Freedom, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
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