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What is CSS Virginia or CSS Merrimac
This Confederate monitor fought at Hampton Roads
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What is South Carolina
This state was the first to declare secession
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What is the Freeman's Bureau
Organisation set up for former slaves providing clothing, food and jobs
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What is the Springfield 61 rifle
1 million of these rifles made
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Who is Robert E. Lee
'It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it'
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What is CSS Hunley
This submerged combatant became the first boat to sink a ship
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Where is British North America
A frequent destination for evading conscription
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What is sharecropping
System after slavery to support plantations
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What is the Henry 'Repeating' Rifle
This Civil War rifle was the first to use a bullet
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Who is Abraham Lincoln
'War at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible'
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Who is Admiral Farragut
Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead
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What is Anaconda
General Scott's plan to blockade the south
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What are Jim Crow Laws
The Black Codes formed the foundation for these laws
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What is LeMat Pistol
This pistol held 9 bullets and 1 shotgun round
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Who is Ulysses S. Grant
'The art of war is simple enough. Find out where the enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.'
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Who is DuPont
This famous family Admiral was the 1st Commander of a Monitor
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What is Alabama
Most famous Confederate Raider
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What is the 14th amendment
This amendment provided freed slaves with legal protection
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What is Gatling gun
Crank operated gun, late to enter service
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Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest
'War means fighting, and fighting means killing'
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Who is Buchanan
Former Capt of CSS Virginia went on to become only Confederate Admiral
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Where is Chickamauga
First major battle in Georgia and Union defeat
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What is the Ku Klux Klan
Disgraced Confederate veteran association
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What is a Bowie knife
This knife was sometimes carried by Confederate troops instead of bayonet
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Who is Jefferson Davis
'The past is dead; let us bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future - a future full of golden promise'
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