| Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Second state to secede from the Union | Alabama | 100%
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| G | Small town in Pennsylvania where the bloodiest battle of the war was fought | Gettysburg | 93%
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| R | Second Confederate capital | Richmond | 90%
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| K | Border state that started the war neutral | Kentucky | 83%
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| I | The backbone of armies, men who fight on foot | Infantry | 79%
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| P | Northern state that the Army of Northern Virginia marched into in 1863 | Pennsylvania | 79%
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| V | Most populous state in the CSA | Virginia | 79%
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| C | The war began in this Southern city's harbor | Charleston | 72%
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| B | Early battle in northern Virginia | Bull Run/Manassas | 69%
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| W | State that seceded from the above | West Virginia | 69%
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| Y | Colloquial term for Northerners | Yankee | 69%
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| N | Biggest city in the Confederacy, captured early in the war | New Orleans | 66%
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| U | Foremost Union general towards the end of the war | Ulysses Grant | 66%
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| J | Militant abolitionist executed before the war | John Brown | 62%
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| M | Highest rank in the Union army at the start of the war | Major General | 48%
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| S | Huge early battle in Tennessee; name ironically means "peace" | Shiloh | 41%
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| T | Earthwork used in the Siege of Petersburg, among others | Trench | 34%
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| Q | Confederate who led a unit of partisan cavalry | Quantrill | 24%
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| L | Rocky hill defended by the 20th Maine during G | Little Round Top | 21%
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| Z | Fighting and uniform style based on French North African soldiers | Zouave | 21%
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| F | Site of a horrific massacre of African-American soldiers by Confederate cavalry | Fort Pillow | 14%
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| H | Canvas bag used by soldiers to carry ammunition and rations | Haversack | 14%
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| O | Largest battle fought in Florida | Olustee | 14%
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| D | Controversial Union political general, wounded at Gettysburg | Daniel Sickles | 10%
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| E | Model of rifle musket widely used on both sides | Enfield 1853 | 3%
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