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Civil War Alphabet Quiz – Y as in... June

By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published June 2022 · pp. 15–47

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – Y as in… June 1. J.E.B. Stuart mortally wounded here 2. Confederates reused 1781 British fortifications at this town in 1862 3. USN tugboat used in Fort Sumter relief attempt, then on James River to 1865 4. Confederate raider who was a post-war bank robber 5. Prominent Alabama advocate for secession who died July 27, 1863 6. Maine-born CS general who led remnants of Hays’ Louisiana Brigade 7. Confederate defensive position guarding back door to Vicksburg 8. Texas song allegedly bout Melissa West, heroine of the Texas War of Ind. 9. Nickname of men who built 1864 Bailey Dams on Red River 10. He led the St. Albans, Vermont, raid Answers found on page 47.

Trivia Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Yellow Tavern Yorktown USS Yankee Cole Younger William Lowndes Yancey

6. General Zebulon York 7. Yazoo Bluff 8. Yellow Rose of Texas 9. “Yankee Mudsills“ 10. Lieutenant Bennett H. Young