| A | B |
| chloroform | liquid drug used to put wounded soldiers to sleep for surgery |
| Confederacy | 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union |
| contraband | goods illegally traded during wartime; slaves |
| copperhead | Northern Democrat who agreed with Southern secession |
| deploy | to spread out armies to form a battle line |
| desertion | to leave one's military post or run away during battle |
| Dixie | slang term for the Confederacy, also a popular Southern song |
| draft | mandatory military service |
| drill | instructing recruits how to march and practice as a unit |
| dysentary | fatal disease of the human intestines often caused by unsanitary conditions |