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Ch.21 "Girding for War: The North and South"

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Intelligence In military affairs or diplomacy, specific in formation about an adversary's forces, deployments, production, and so on. "He consistently but erroneously believed that the enemy outnumbered him, partly because...his intelligence reports were unreliable." (p.453)
Reconnaissance Operations designed specifically to observe and ferret out pertinent information about an adversary. "...'Jeb' Stuart's cavalry rode completely around his army on reconnaissance."(p.462)
Proclamation An official announcement or publicly declared order. "Thus, the Emancipation Proclamation was stronger on proclamation than emancipation."(p.459)
Flank The side of an army, where it is vulnerable to attack. "Lee...sent 'Stonewall' Jackson to attack the Union flank."(p.462)
Court-martial A military court or a trial held in such a court under military law. "Resigning from the army to avoid a court-martial for drunkenness, he failed at various business ventures..."(p.464)
Garrison A military fortress, or the troops stationed at such a fortress, usually designed for defense or occupation of a terriotry. "Vicksburg at length surrendered...,with the garrison reduced to eating mules and rats."(p.465)
Morale The condition of courage, confidence. and willingness to endure hardship. "One of his major purposes was...to weaken the morale of the men at the front by waging war on their homes."(p.467)
Pillaging Plundering, looting, destroying property by violence. "...his army...engaged in an orgy of pillaging."(p.467)
Tribunal An agency or institution (sometimes but not necessarily a court) constituted to render judgments and assign punishment. "But he was convicted by a military tribunal in 1863 for treasonable utterances..."(p.469)
Running Mate In American politics, the candidate fore the lesser of two offices when they are decided together-for example, the U.S. vice presidency. "Lincoln's running mate was ex-tailor Andrew Johnson..."(p.469)
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