In a final message to Congress, on December 3, 1860, who surprised some of his allies with a firm denial of the right of secession?
The constitution contained a precedent what type of amendment: Article V, which prohibits any change in the equal representation of each state in the Senate?
At Fort Sumter, on April 14, 1861, the American Flag came down. Which flag then rose over Fort Sumter
Which ironclad’s hull survived the intact and was ready for it’s subsequent conversion into the famous C.S.S Virginia?
On May 20, 1862, delegates unanimously enacted an ordinance of secession. Meanwhile the Tennessee legislature short-circuited the convention process by adopting what?
Who was appointed as commander of the pro-southern militia?
What man was appointed the Confederate Chief of Ordinance in April 1861, and faced with the impossible task of arming the Confederate military?
Just after the defeat at Bull Run, what did Union Congress authorize to form in hopes of revamping the leadership of their military?
In his letter to Congress on July 4, 1861, what did Lincoln claim his stand on slavery at that point was?
Which battle prompted the term “Black Monday”?
Which Union commander overstepped his authority issuing an emancipation edict in 1861?
Which southern commissioners were arrested by the U.S. government from aboard the British steamer the Trent, nearly causing a U.S. war with Great Britain?
What was the primary task for the Union’s Navy in 1861?
What was the name of the Union Warship that defeated the Confederate warship, C.S.S. Virginia?
Who decided to redeem the Union Navy's reputation after its failure to intercept the Confederate warships before they reached Havan, to drop off the diplomats?
Who was the highest ranking field officer of the Confederacy?
Who forced his own army resignation in 1854 due to alcohol drinking problems?
What slang term was used for the contemporary expression for experiencing combat?
What was the price to higher a substitute for your position in the war in 1863?
Who was the provost Marshall of the Richmond district that created an efficient but ruthless corps of military police?
How many men in the Confederate Army were lost from death or wounds in 1862?
Which ethnic group was blamed for the rampant Confederate inflation than any other group?
For each Union or Confederate soldier that died in combat, how many died of disease?
Who was the first American woman to earn a M.D.?
Which party first coined the term "copperhead"?
What was Halleck's first order to General Grant as general in chief? (502)
What percentage of Republicans voted for the confiscation act in 1862?
Who established the U.S. Military Rail Roads in response to mounting logistic problems?
Which former quartermaster was, "worth his weight in gold" and eventually was promoted from to division commander?
Which military corps speed and efficiency prompted the motto, "The difficult we can do immediately; the impossible will take a little longer"?
What was the date of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation?
In May 1862 what South Carolina slave commandeered a dispatch boat in Charleston Harbor and ran it out to the blockading fleet?
What warship was captured in the harbor of Bahia, Brazil in October 1864 after destroying 38 American merchant vessels?