| A | B |
|---|
| agitator | someone who stirs up public interest in a cause |
| ambush | n. a trap v. to trap |
| apprentice | someone who learns a trade while working with a craftsman |
| badgering | troubling persistently |
| bawling | weeping loudly |
| bayonet | knife on the end of a rifle |
| boast | brag |
| Cholera | a severe intestinal disease |
| clemency | mercy |
| commissary | supply center where food or goods are stored and distributed |
| compunction | awareness if guilt |
| consult | to talk things over or to confer |
| debates | discusses, argues |
| depreciation | to diminish or lower in value or price |
| deserter | someone who runs away from the army |
| encampment | place wheer soldiers set up camp |
| epidemic | affecting many individuals at the same time, rapid spread |
| escorts | guides |
| forage | to search for food |
| gallows | place where a hanging takes place |
| hardtack | hard, cracker- like bread |
| headstrong | Determined to do as one pleases, stubborn |
| militia | group of men who are chosen to fight |
| milling | moving confusedly |
| plundering | robbing or stealing |
| ration | a share or portion of food |
| rebel | to go against |
| recalcitrance | refussing to obey authority |
| retaliating | getting even |
| sedition | rebellion |
| tories | supporters of the king |
| treason | Violation of allegiance to one's country |
