1. they'd eaten their fill
   they'd captured a town
2. they'd suffered a lot

Suffering was par for the course during the Civil War. Those who'd experienced a lot of awful things had been through the mill.

1. a box of rations
   a box of bullets
2. a box of instant coffee

Ammunition was frequently dispensed in boxes of 40 rounds. The "forty dead men" moniker was a grim acknowledgement of the ammo's purpose.

1. stomach
   hands
2. mouth

During wartime, many soldiers were very, very hungry. They needed more food to fill their bread baskets, or stomachs.

1. a venomous snake
   a Yankee infantryman
2. a general

Big wigs, or important people, were sometimes called big bugs. Common soldiers never wanted to be on the wrong side of a big bug.

1. they were men who dodged service
   it was a disease
2. it was worthless money

"Mossybacks" were men who hid in the forests to avoid the war. The term ostensibly applied to men who were hiding, still and quiet, so motionless that moss could grow on them.

1. lice
   diarrhea
2. gunshot wound

Diarrhea and dysentery were alarmingly common during the Civil War. Doing the "quickstep" meant you were suffering from one of the two...or perhaps both.

1. squirrel's wings
   whale's legs
2. hen's teeth

I tell you, them boys could use some John Barleycorn right about now. It's too bad that beer is as scarce as hen's teeth.

1. whipped
   rooted
2. blamed

If you had to go to war, you definitely didn't want to wind up whipped -- it meant that you were beaten by the enemy. It was a word that the South got used to after a while.

1. build fires
   kill people
2. stick pigs

"Pig sticker" referred to bayonets, the long, sharp knives affixed to the end of muskets. They were used to impale enemy soldiers.

1. true
2. false

No decent soldier wanted to be called a cashier. It meant that he'd received a dishonorable discharge from military service.

1. "bummer"
   "blue mass"
2. "loser"

"Bummers" were the guys who dragged their feet so as not to be first at anything during the war. And no one wanted to be the first in battle.

1. begin a battle
   end the war
2. start a meal

Wanna dance? It's time to go to war, boys. Let's open the ball and start shootin'.

1. "skunks"
   "possums"
2. "sawbones"

Civil War doctors spent a depressing amount of time using saws to cut off the limbs of wounded soldiers. They were called "sawbones."

1. when seeing a lost gun
   when looking at a dead solider
2. when seeing a cow

The dead were everywhere, especially after large battles. All of the corpses were "somebody's darlings."

1. a doctor who mistreated patients
   a soldier who overstayed his welcome at the hospital
2. birds that ate the dead

Hospital buzzards were soldiers who stayed longer than necessary for medical care. Given the brutality of battle, one can hardly blame them.

1. Devil fish
   copperheads
2. fast tricks

The South sometimes deployed fish-shaped torpedoes to blast Union ships. Northern sailors called them "Devil fish."

1. "Tight!"
   "Jailbird!"
2. "Bully!"

There wasn't much to be excited about during the bloody war, but winning a battle was as good a reason as any to shout, "bully!" It meant you were excited about something.

1. to destroy a building
   to shoot an enemy
2. to season food

A "pepperbox" was a pistol. These weapons were only good for combat in very close quarters.

1. beans
   crackers
2. apple pies

Hardtack crackers were an unfortunate staple for Union soldiers. They derisively called them "Lincoln crackers."

1. courting a woman
   drinking
2. smoking

Women were a rare diversion from the combat zone. "Sparking" meant that you were courting someone.

1. burned churchgoers
   soldiers with brain trauma
2. dried vegetables

The Civil War brought dried vegetables, or desiccated vegetables, to the front lines. They were disgusting, of course, and often called desecrated vegetables.

1. a skinny civilian woman
   an oversized bayonet
2. a knife

Knives were sometimes called Arkansas toothpicks. You could use them to dislodge food stuck in your teeth...or to stab someone to death.

1. coins with no value
   bread
2. lice

Both sides used many deragatory terms for each other. Union troops used "graybacks" as a term for lice, a constant source of frustration for all soldiers.

1. true
2. false

John Barleycorn was slang for beer. For men on both sides of the war, beer was a rare luxury.

1. copperhead
   traitor
2. bummer

"Copperheads" refers to a venomous snake found in warmer (read: Southern) regions. Southern sympathizers were copperheads.

1. bomb faraway targets
   light fires
2. kill the enemy

"Lucifers" was a fun name for matches. If you ran out of lucifers, you might not be smoking tobacco or starting a warm campfire.

1. a type of sweet confection
   worthless soldiers
2. chaplains

"Sunday soldiers" were the guys who didn't really do any fighting. They lagged behind and managed to duck the worst of things.

1. helmet
   knapsack
2. enemy gun

Without your beehive, you were sunk.

1. paleface
   freeloaders
2. Yankees

Paleface soldiers were the new men stepping into battle for the first time. Many of them didn't last long.

1. you died
   you left for a new destination
2. you were put on kitchen duty

It was supposed to be kind of funny. If you were mustered out, you were killed in action.