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Abolitionist
A person who believed in the abolishment of slavery
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Artillery
Large, powerful weapons such as cannon and mortars.
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Assassination
The murder of a prominent person such as President Lincoln.
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Battery
A unit of four or six cannnons, or a fortified position on which they are placed.
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Battle
Large scale combat between two armed forces.
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Blocade
The closing off, using naval forces, of a city or other area to traffic and communication.
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Border state
Slave owning states that did not secede from the Union: Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland and Missouri.
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Cartridge box
A leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets.
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Casualty
A person killed, wounded, captured or missing during the war.
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Calvary
Soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit.
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