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1. What Confederate cavalry general did Union private John Huff mortally wound at Yellow Tavern?
2. What did Union soldiers call "tangle foot" and "oil of gladness"?
3. What did the Union army name the "Virginia Two-step?"
4. What New Orleans born actress was sent to the South to gather military intelligence for the Federal Army?
5. What prominent Union general was named "Spoons"?
6. What Union general left his name to posterity as the label for a certain style of whiskers?
7. What famous Union general barely escaped serious injury in Matthew Brady's photography studio?
8. Why was General Philip H. Sheridan known as "Little Phil?"
9. What Union general committed murder before the war and was released on an insanity defence?
10. What Union general was nicknamed "Curly," "Fanny," and "Autie?"
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