Abolitionist
Someone who belives in the cause of destroying the institution of slavery.
Antebellum
A period in the United States right before the Civil War.
Caisson
A cart that typically held ammunition and other tools.
Columbiad
Heavy artillery
Emancipation
Being freed from slavery
Hardtack
Hard crackers that were distributed to soldiers as rations in the Civil War.
Mason-Dixon line
The imagined line that divided the Northern and Southern states. To the north of the line, slavery would be illegal; to the south, legal. This line contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
Redan
A fortification used in battle.
Yankee
A slang term for a member of the Union army
Secession
Breaking free from a larger country and becoming independent.
Chattel
Property that is able to be moved.
