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Civil War Alphabet Quiz – W as in... April
By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published April 2022 · pp. 5–47
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- He commanded the USS Kearsage in its fight with CSS Alabama 2. Virginia Governor led an infantry brigade and surrendered at Appomattox 3. Breechloading cannon imported by Confederates and used at Gettysburg 4. Author of Ben Hur who led US troops at Monocacy 5. He saw importance of the Round Tops, then led Union V Corps in 1864 6. He stopped British mail ship Trent and removed Confederate envoys 7. He was hung because he was commandant of Andersonville Prison 8. Multi battalion artillery unit from New Orleans 9. He commanded the Louisiana Tigers at First Manassas 10. Commander of the USS Monitor during fight with CSS Virginia Bonus: Confederate general of Cherokee ancestry who fought at Wilson’s Creek
Answers found on page 47.
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- Commodore John A. Winslow 2. G e n e r a l / G o v e r n o r Henry Alexander Wise 3. Whitworth rifle cannon 4. General Lewis Wallace 5. General Governeur K.
Warren 6. Captain John Wilkes 7. Captain Henry Wirz 8. Washington Artillery 9. Roberdeau Wheat 10. Captain John L. Worden 11. Bonus: General Stand Watie