American Civil War A-Z

For each letter, name these people, places and things from the American Civil War (1861-5). This war tore across America, pitting brother against brother, with the loss of over 600,000 lives.

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	Hint	Answer
A	Bloodiest one-day battle	Antietam
B	Surly, unlikeable Confederate general in the West	Braxton Bragg
C	Tennessee crossroads city	Chattanooga
D	Unofficial Southern anthem	Dixie
E	Slave-freeing document	Emancipation Proclamation
F	First battle of the war	Fort Sumter
G	Main US general, captured Richmond	Ulysses S. Grant
H	Bled his army dry at Atlanta	John Bell Hood
I	The Monitor and Merrimack	Ironclad
J	Killed at Chancellorsville, "Stonewall"	Thomas Jackson
K	Border state, Battle of Perryville	Kentucky
L	Confederate commander in Virginia	Robert E. Lee
M	A cylindrical bullet with grooves	Minie Ball
N	Draft riots happened here	New York City
O	Grant's series of battles into Virginia, 1864	Overland Campaign
P	Had the charge at Gettysburg named after him	George Pickett
Q	Confederate Guerrilla raider of Kansas towns	William Quantrill
R	Second Confederate capital	Richmond
S	US general who used "scorched earth" tactics	William T. Sherman
T	Kind of static warfare used at Petersburg	Trench warfare
U	Harriet Beecher Stowe's book	Uncle Tom's Cabin
V	Besieged Mississippi city	Vicksburg
W	Most of the generals were taught at this academy	West Point
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Y	Nickname for Union soldiers	Yankees
Z	Soldiers wearing the French, flamboyant uniforms	Zouaves

Level 37

Jun 11, 2014

19/24. Great quiz. Some feedback though:

For Q- I would suggest William Quantrill, one of the most infamous confederate guerrillas of the war

A couple other factual errors- while Lee was in fact a very respected general, he was not in charge of the whole confederate army, only the army of northern Virginia. So to call him the "main" general is technically wrong.

Also, George Pickett was didn't command the charge by himself: he was one of three generals leading the charge. Everyone forgets the other two because during the American civil war "history is written by the winners" became "history is written by the Virginians" and they emphasized anyone who came from Virginia, including Pickett.

Finally, you should correct the Antietam hint to say bloodiest "single" day battle, because by casualties, Gettysburg and chickamauga had more casualties.

Level 68

Jun 11, 2014

I respect your feedback, sir, and I can tell that you know a lot about the war yourself. I will change some of the clues, notably the Antietam one. As for Quantrill, I figured that he was too hard to put on here and that almost no one would get him. But, I'll try that out as well. Thanks for the compliment.

Level 37

Jun 13, 2014

You're welcome; glad I could help. Oh, and just a tiny thing: In the alphabet column you accidentally put V twice instead of V, then W. Just a little thing, but I thought you may want to know that.

Level 68

Jun 14, 2014

Oh, wow, I didn't notice that. Thanks again!

Level 75

Oct 19, 2014

I was surprised that more didn't know about Quantrill, especially because of his connection to Jesse James and the Youngers.

Level 68

Oct 20, 2014

Me too, l just guess that history picks and chooses who gets famous or not. Some get lauded as heroes, others pass into obscurity.

Level 84

Jul 18, 2021

Should take "NYC" for New York City.