Land
Also called the Union or the United States: stayed loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. States included: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
North.
A practice in which African Americans were owned by others, usually white people.
Slavery.
Another name for a Northerner.
Yankee.
Admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds.
Surrender.
A branch of the military mounted on horseback.
Cavalry.
Confederacy or Confederate States of America. States that separated from the United States/North/Union.
South.
Portion of the country that remained loyal to the federal government (the north).
Union.
An effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving southern ports.
Blockade.
To rush the enemy.
Charge.
A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled by foot.
Infantry.
Also called the south and the Confederate States of America; it included the states that seceded from the Union.
Confederacy.
Someone who wishes to get rid of (abolish) slavery.
Abolitionist.
Loyal to the Confederacy (also called confederate or southerner).
Rebel.
An expected attack.
Ambush.
Lowest rank in the military.
Private.
A boundary line that marked the divide between Northern and Southern States.
Mason-Dixon Line.
Escaped slaves who fled to the Union (or the north) for protection.
Contrabands.
Northerners; opposed to the war.
Copperhead.
A place where military weapons and supplies are stored.
Arsenal.
A large group of soldiers led by a general.
Brigade.
A word used to describe the United States before the Civil War began.
Antebellum.
Freedom from slavery.
Emancipation.
Loyal to the Confederacy South and also called a rebel.
Confederate.
A minor fight.
Skirmish.
A unit of soldiers.
Battery.