| A | B |
| recruit | a soldier who has signed up to join the army and has no battle experience |
| rifled musket | a rifle with a spiral grooved barrel to increase velocity and accuracy |
| salt pork | common army ration used because the salt preserved the pork |
| secede | to withdraw from the Union |
| strategy | the art of military command as to an overall plan of war |
| sutler | dry goods salesman who traveled with Northern armies |
| tactics | maneuvering troops on a battlefield |
| torpedo | underwater mine normally used in rivers |
| turning movement | sending troops around an enemies flank to attack his line of communication |
| Union | 23 Northern states which fought against the Confederacy |
| Yank | soldiers who fought for the Union |
| Zouave | soldiers in colorful French uniforms who specialized in precision drilling |