Slopes of war chapter 1-6

8th grade

Searing

Extremely hot

Goaded

To drive

Appalling

Disgust

Bough

Branch of a tree

Pungent

Painful

Penny royal

Mint

Sinister

Evil

Premonition

Warning

Minie ball

Rifle bullet

Scarcity

Support of life

Chaste

Pure

Auburn

Reddish-brown color

Indignant

Anger

Jubilant

Great joy

Laudanum

Opium

Wistfully

Yearning or desire

Staid

Calm

Constable

Public officer responsible for maintaining order and peace in a community.

Scrip

Paper currency

Gaunt

Thin

Parched

Extremely dry or thirsty due to lack of water.

Borough

Corporation or community within a larger city or area.

Peeved

Annoyed or irritated.

Dyspepsia

Indigestion

Detached

Separate

Persisted

Go on

Sinewy

Strong arms

Dysentery

Severe diarrhea

Skeins

Loose Yarn or thread

Pike

Mountain or hill

Cedar

Type of wood from a tree

Archaic

Earlier time

Antediluvian

Before the great flood

Abomination

Extreme disgust

Tactical

Combat tactics

Sabers

Sword

Carbines

Lightweight firearm

Skedaddle

Flee

Skirmish

Minor fight

Jack Skelly

Engaged to Jenny Wade,

Abraham Lincoln

Union President

Jefferson Davis

Confederate President

General Jeb Stuart

Cavalry man supposed to report to General Robert E. Lee about Union movements, missing

General Daniel Sickles

Union idiot

Tully

Union, PTSD

Buck Summerhill

Union

Private Wesley Culp

Trader, Born on culps hill

John Burns

Raided Arsenal and gave the slaves guns to start a riot.

Mason Walker

Confederant, Summerhills cousin

Custis Walker

Confederant, Summerhills cousins

Bekah Summerhill

Has two brothers

Captain Adam Waite

Fictional, Calavry, Teacher

General Robert E. Lee

Commander of Confederant Army

Who is the main character we meet first in Ch 1

Buck

What kind of fruit did the guys find

Cherries

Use one word to describe Tully’s mood

Depressed, PTSD

What did Tully see that bothered him

Skeleton hand

Who are two cousins of Buck

Custis, Mason

Who is leander

Beckas little brother

Where does this story take place

Gettysburg PA

What was Mrs. Summerhill’s sickness

Anxiety

What did Mrs.Summerhill take for her sickness

Laudanum

What is the name of the army mounted on horseback

Cavalry

What is the army on foot

Infantry

What is the name given to the town square

Diamond

Tully and Buck are fighting for which army

Union

What is confederate money that is no good in the north

Scrip

Who is the leader of the army of the northern Virginia

Robert E. Lee

What are some other names for the confederate army

South, Rebel, Johnys, Gray backs, Rebs

What are other names of the Union army

North, Federal, Yankees, Blue Bellys

How old is Leander

12

What year did this story take place

1863

What leader was wounded by his own men and then died of Pneumonia

Stownwall Jackson

For which army did Stownwall Jackson fight

confederante

Who is a soldier fighting along with Custis

Wes Culp

Who is Jack Skelly

Engaged to Jenny Wade

What is the name of the beautiful peaceful place that Beckah loved to go

Cementary

What did Beckahs father do for a living before he died

Botany classes

What did Mr. Summerhills say was the most beautiful word in any language worth dying for

Freedom

Who is Aunt Beckie

ex slave

Who was the southern states president

Jefferson Davis

Where did this union general set up his headquarters

Theological building

What did Tillie say she was going to make for the soldiers

Bouquets