| A | B |
| border state | a slave state that stayed in the Union |
| assassination | the murder of an important leader |
| desert | to leave the army without permission |
| casualities | soldiers who are killed or wounded |
| civilian | a person who is not in the military |
| camp | a place where people live for a time in tents, cabins, or other rough shelters |
| impeach | to charge a government official with a crime |
| draft | a system which the government chooes people to serve in the military |
| emancipation | the freeing of enslaved people |