American Civil War A to Z

How well do you know the War Between the States?

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Letter	Hint	Answer
A	Second state to secede from the Union	Alabama
B	Early battle in northern Virginia	Bull Run/Manassas
C	The war began in this Southern city's harbor	Charleston
D	Controversial Union political general, wounded at Gettysburg	Daniel Sickles
E	Model of rifle musket widely used on both sides	Enfield 1853
F	Site of a horrific massacre of African-American soldiers by Confederate cavalry	Fort Pillow
G	Small town in Pennsylvania where the bloodiest battle of the war was fought	Gettysburg
H	Canvas bag used by soldiers to carry ammunition and rations	Haversack
I	The backbone of armies, men who fight on foot	Infantry
J	Militant abolitionist executed before the war	John Brown
K	Border state that started the war neutral	Kentucky
L	Rocky hill defended by the 20th Maine during G	Little Round Top
M	Highest rank in the Union army at the start of the war	Major General

Letter	Hint	Answer
N	Biggest city in the Confederacy, captured early in the war	New Orleans
O	Largest battle fought in Florida	Olustee
P	Northern state that the Army of Northern Virginia marched into in 1863	Pennsylvania
Q	Confederate who led a unit of partisan cavalry	Quantrill
R	Second Confederate capital	Richmond
S	Huge early battle in Tennessee; name ironically means "peace"	Shiloh
T	Earthwork used in the Siege of Petersburg, among others	Trench
U	Foremost Union general towards the end of the war	Ulysses Grant
V	Most populous state in the CSA	Virginia
W	State that seceded from the above	West Virginia
Y	Colloquial term for Northerners	Yankee
Z	Fighting and uniform style based on French North African soldiers	Zouave

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