Gettysburg DBQ Vocabulary

Front

Southern, representing the Confederacy

Back

Confederate

Front

Northern, representing the United States

Back

Union

Front

soldiers trained to fight on horseback

Back

Cavalry

Front

Northern, Union

Back

Yankee

Front

Southern, Confederate

Back

Rebel

Front

surrounding and cutting off a town for the purpose of capturing it

Back

seige

Front

an attack

Back

offensive

Front

soldiers

Back

troops

Front

withdrawn

Back

retreated

Front

large-scale long-duration significant military strategy plan

Back

military campaign