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Civil War Alphabet Quiz – U as in... February

By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published February 2022 · pp. 31–47

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – U as in… February 1. Postwar tactician who led May 12, 1864, charge at Spotsylvania 2. Union vessel captured and burned at New Bern by John Taylor Wood. 3. U.S. Grant’s nickname 4. First thing an artillery crew must do to shift from traveling to “action front” 5. First name of Admiral Dahlgren’s one legged son killed outside Richmond 6. Ford Hooker’s army used to get away from Chancellorsville 7. This tugboat’s engine went to Confederate ironclad CSS North Carolina 8. Fort in New Mexico 9. Federal warship designation 10. Union general who organized “Corps d’Afrique” regiments in New Orleans

Answers found on page 47.

Trivia Answers 1. Emory Upton 2. USS Underwriter 3. “Unconditional Surrender” 4. Unlimber

Ulric Dahlgren 6. U.S. Ford 7. Uncle Ben 8. Fort Union 9. USS 10. General Daniel Ullman