In the civil war slaves were still slaves but still, they were with the enemy and were as such treated as the enemy.
To spy on the enemy
The Fifth Column
The Japanese and the internal strife from civil war between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong .
The word "Flank" means the same in any war - it means the exposed sides of an army/navy vulnerable to attack by the enemy .
In the civil war slaves were still slaves but still, they were with the enemy and were as such treated as the enemy.
The United States of America fought the Confederate States of America in the Civil war.
It wasn't a civil war. In a civil war the population fight each other, but the revolution the enemy was the British soldiers and the king.
The enemy's property - including his slaves.
To spy on the enemy
Caesar's main enemy during the Roman Civil war of 49 to 45 BC was Pompey.
when the enemy (parlement) captured him and beheaded him
The Fifth Column
Stonewall Jackson never retreated in the Civil War, and yet he wasn't even killed by the enemy he was killed from friendly fire.
A lot of rough mountain country, unfamiliar to the enemy.
A salient , or a bulge , projects a 3 sided territory into an enemy controlled area .
Thats where the enemy was. they arnt going to go to Mexico to kill Yankees.