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1. The brains of the Confederacy Judah P. Benjamin, the P. stands for?
2. One of the most highly esteemed of Union corps commanders was John F. Reynolds, who was to die the first day at Gettysburg what does the F. stand for?
3. Thomas J. Jackson - you can call him Tom Fool, Old Blue Light, or Stonewall, but the J. stands for this?
4. Joseph E. Johnston led the Army of Tennessee in its last ditch efforts to stop Sherman in the Carolina's. The E. stands for?
5. Though his ship, the Kearsarge, sank the scourge of the seas, the Alabama, John A. Winslow was outraged that Raphael Semmes escaped capture. What does the A. stand for?
6. Known as "Little Ellick" because of his 90 pound weight, Alexander H. Stephens was the only vice president of the Confederacy. What does that H. stand for?
7. Richard R. Kirkland took water to the wounded Federals at the base of the hill in front of the stonewall at Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg, becoming known as the "Angel of Marye's Heights. The R. stand for?
8. The "McClellan Saddle" was developed by the man Lincoln said had a case of the slows, George B. McClellan. What does the B. stand for?
9. "Old Jube" made it as far as Fort Stevens in Washington, saying "We didn't capture Washington but we scared old Abe Lincoln like heck." What does the A. in Jubal A. Early stand for?
10. When Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney died the headline read, "Taney has earned the gratitude of the country by dying at last!" What does the B. stand for?
11. Daniel E. Sickles didn't like the sector assigned to his men on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, so he moved them out to one that he liked better - into the Peach Orchard and Wheat Field along the Emmetsburg Road, now known as the Sickles Salient. What does the E. stand for?
12. The assaults of "Meagher's Irish Brigade" on Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg was slaughter. Thomas F. Meagher was the leader of the Irishmen. The F. stands for?
13. "With me, who will go with me?" Lewis A. Armistead cried out, as he placed his hat on his sword and moved toward the Union line during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. The A. stands for what?
14. When William S. Rosecrans moved Thomas J. Wood's division to fill a gap in his line at Chickamauga that wasn't there, he opened up a gap that General Longstreet poured his men through causing almost two-thirds of the Union Army to flee towards Chattanooga. What does the S. stand for?
15. Hugh J. Kilpatrick dropped his first name and went by this name which his middle initial J. stood for,what is it?
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