1. Name___________________________<br />CIVIL WAR SLANG SCAVENGER HUNT<br />Below are examples of Civil War slang words and phrases. Begin by guessing what you believe the term means. You will follow with use of the computer and internet to verify the slang meaning.<br />SLANG WORDASSUMED MEANINGACTUAL MEANING<br />Accoutrements_______________________a soldier’s leather equipment<br />Bedroll_______________________rolled blankets & belongings<br />Bones_______________________dice<br />Buck and Gag_______________________a form of punishment<br />Bummer_______________________sldr. who took needed items<br />Digs_______________________a soldier’s camp<br />Dogrobber_______________________the soldier who cooks<br />Dog Tent_______________________a small, 2 man tent<br />First Rate_______________________feeling well and happy<br />Forage_______________________to search for food (on farms)<br />Fresh Fish_______________________new recruits<br />Greenbacks_______________________money<br />Gum Blanket_______________________rubber cloth (rain cover)<br />Hardtack_______________________hard, dry biscuit<br />Housewife_______________________a sewing kit<br />Johnny_______________________a Confederate Soldier<br />Muster_______________________to be counted for service<br />Paper Collar Man_______________________someone who has money<br />Sacred Soil_______________________Virginia mud<br />Sawbones_______________________the surgeon of the regiment<br />Shebang_______________________temp. shelter of branches<br />Shirker_______________________a soldier didn’t do his duty <br />Snug as a Bug in a Rug_______________________tight and warm, comfortable<br />Tough as a Knot_______________________in good health<br />Top Rail_______________________number one<br />Vittles_______________________food or rations<br />Yank_______________________Union Soldier<br />
