Civil War Slang

Match the Following Civil War Slang Words with their definitions

Tend to the Inner Ear Bushwacker Big Bugs Dog Fall Gobble Up Coffee Coolers Howitzer Jolly Tar Copperheads Dragoon Flyblown Meat Blue Coat Forage Goober Acoustic Shadow Fresh Fish Harper’s Weekly Long Roll Company Q Hot Stuff

1) ______An atmospheric phenomena in which men close to the fighting will be “shadowed” from the sounds of fighting, yet men 10 miles away will hear the battle just clearly

2) ______To Eat

3) ______Union Soldier

4) ______Guerilla Soldier

5) ______Worthless Soldiers

6) ______Important people, especially superior officers

7) ______A fictitious outfit for cowards and noncombatants

8) ______A derogatory term among northerners for southern sympathizers, especially “Peace Democrats

9) ______A Battle

10) ______A mounted infantryman. A soldier who rides to battle but dismounts to fight

11) ______To search for food across the countryside

12) ______Meat infested with maggots

13) ______New Recruits

14) ______To defeat the enemy badly, to whip them

15) ______Peanuts

16) ______One of the most widely read illustrated papers of the war. It sold for 5 cents a copy and featured woodcut images and maps of the war

17) ______Liquor

18) ______A short heavy cannon designed to lob a large shell a short distance

19) ______The long drum roll to call men for battle

20) ______A Sailor

Civil War Slang

Match the Following Civil War Slang Words with their definitions

Tend to the Inner Ear Bushwacker Big Bugs Dog Fall Gobble Up Coffee Coolers Howitzer Jolly Tar Copperheads Dragoon Flyblown Meat Blue Coat Dog Fall Goober Acoustic Shadow Fresh Fish Harper’s Weekly Long Roll Company Q

1) ______An atmospheric phenomena in which men close to the fighting will be “shadowed” from the sounds of fighting, yet men 10 miles away will hear the battle just clearly (Acoustic Shadow)

2) ______To Eat (Tend to the Inner Ear)

3) ______Union Soldier (Blue Coat)

4) ______Guerilla Soldier (Bushwacker)

5) ______Worthless Soldiers (Coffee Coolers)

6) ______Important people, especially superior officers (Big Bugs)

7) ______A fictitious outfit for cowards and noncombatants (Company Q)

8) ______A derogatory term among northerners for southern sympathizers, especially “Peace Democrats (Copperheads)

9) ______A Battle (dog fall)

10) ______A mounted infantryman. A soldier who rides to battle but dismounts to fight (Dragoon)

11) ______To search for food across the countryside (forage)

12) ______Meat infested with maggots (flyblown meat)

13) ______New Recruits (fresh fish)

14) ______To defeat the enemy badly, to whip them (gobble up)

15) ______Peanuts (Goober)

16) ______One of the most widely read illustrated papers of the war. It sold for 5 cents a copy and featured woodcut images and maps of the war (Harper’s Weekly)

17) ______Liquor (Hot stuff)

18) ______A short heavy cannon designed to lob a large shell a short distance (Howitzer)

19) ______The long drum roll to call men for battle (long roll)

20) ______A Sailor (Jolly Tar)

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