| A | B |
|---|
| infantry | soldiers on foot |
| cavalry | soldiers on horse |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln is elected |
| 1861 | Abraham Lincoln begins term as president and Civil War begins |
| 1865 | Civil War ends |
| 1871 | Stephen Crane is born |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States during Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War |
| General Robert E. Lee | leading general for the South |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | a popular general for the North |
| regiment | a group of soldiers |
| enlist | to sign up voluntarily for military service |
| retreat | to go backwards |
| Henry Fleming | main character of RBC |
| Stephen Crane | author of RBC |
| Conklin | friend who gets killed |
| Wilson | friend who captures the enemy flag |
| New York | main character's farm is here |
| American Civil War | the nations bloodiest war |
| secede | to separate from the rest of the country |
