Civil War Vocabulary

American Civil War

Confederacy

Confederate

North

South

Union

Union soldier

access

administration

armed

attack

battlefield

blockade

campaign

cavalry

civil

civil war

collapse

command

comprise

confederation

confront

declaration

democracy

discredit

dissolvable

economic

established

fatal

federal

flee

foreshadow

fundamental

garrison

indivisible

ineffective

infrastructure

institution

insurrection

invasion

liberty

militia

onset

pledge

precedent

preserve

principal

prohibit

rebuild

resistance

resolve

resolved

restore

secede

secession

series

slave state

slaveholding

sovereign

subsequent

suppress

surrender

theater of war

uncompromising

unite

united

unresolved

victory