Civil war term starting with z?

Answer 1

Well, sugar, the term you're looking for is "Zouave." These were soldiers in the American Civil War known for their colorful uniforms and fancy footwork. So, there you have it, darling, a little history lesson wrapped up in sass.

Answer 2

Alternate list:

*A is for Antietam (battle which led to the Emancipation Proclamation)

*B is for Border states (Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland)

*C is for Confederates

*D is for Draft Laws

*E is for Emancipation Proclamation (freed the slaves)

*F is for Freedmen (free slaves)

*G is for Gettysburg (inspired the Gettysburg Address and helped alter which side the war was favoring)

*H is for Habeas Corpus (law against unlawful imprisonment)

*I is for ironclads (ships covered with iron plating)

*J is for John Brown (terrorist and hero)

*K is for Ku Klux Klan (secret society that threatened African American voters post-war)

*L is for Lincoln

*M is for Mississippi

*N is for neutral (the border states stayed neutral for a while)

*O is for Ohio river (this along with the Mississippi was crucial to control)

*P is for Plans of Reconstruction (10% plan, Wade- Davis bill, ect...)

*Q is for eQual rights (the amendments help in accomplishing this)

*R is for Robert E. Lee (southern general)

*S is for segregation

*T is for technology (mini balls, telegraph, railroads)

*U is for Union

*V is for Vicksburg (battle that decided whether or not the north would gain control of the Mississippi)

*W is for Washington

*X is for AppomattoX (Lee surrenders to Grant here)

*Y is for Years (four years long)

*Z is for Zero (0 casualties at Fort Sumpter the first battle)

· Appomattox Court House (Lee surrenders to Grant); Alexander Stephens (Vice President of the Confederate States of America); Abolitionists

· Battle Hymn of the Republic (patriotic song written in 1862 by Julia Ward Howe); Braxton Bragg (Confederate General); Bull Run (Virginia), battle of

· Confederate States of America; Cadwallader Washburn (Union General); Chickamauga (Georgia), battle of

· Dranesville (Virginia), battle of; Dry Wood Creek (Missouri), battle of

· Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War); Ezra Church (Georgia), battle of; Earl Van Dorn (Confederate General)

· Franklin (Tennessee), battle of; Felix Zollicoffer (Confederate General); Fort Sumter (South Carolina), battle of

· Gettysburg (Virginia), battle of; General George McClellan (Union General); Greenbrier (West Virginia), battle of

· Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln's Vice President during the war); Hunley, H.L. (submarine of the Confederate States of America); Hatteras Inlet Batteries (North Carolina), battle of

· Ivy Mountain (Kentucky), battle of; Ironclad; Ivy Mountain (Kentucky), battle of

· Jefferson Davis (Confederate President); Jonesborough (Georgia), battle of; Johnson, Andrew (appointed by Lincoln to be the military governor of Tennessee during the war)

· Kearsarge, USS (Union warship); Kessler's Cross Lanes (West Virginia), battle of; Kane, Thomas (Union General)

· Leroy P. Walker (Confederate Secretary of War); Lynchburg (Virginia), battle of; Lexington (Tennessee), battle of

· Monitor (Union ironclad warship); Murfreesboro (Tennessee), battle of

· Nashville (Tennessee), battle of; New Hope Church (Georgia), battle of; New Market (Virginia), battle of

· Old Church (Virginia), battle of; Olustee (Florida), battle of; Oak Grove (Virginia), battle of

· Perryville (Kentucky), battle of; Philip Kearny (Union General); Philippi (West Virginia), battle of

· Quantrill, Confederate Captain William and his "Quantrill's Raiders" ; Quartermaster

· Robert E. Lee (Confederate General); Rich Mountain (Virginia), battle of ; Rosecrans, William S. (Union General)

· Shiloh (Tennessee), battle of; Stephen R. Mallory (Confederate Secretary of the Navy); Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" (Confederate General)

· Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (abolishment of slavery); Tupelo (Mississippi), battle of; Tecumseh, USS (Union ironclad warship)

· Ulysses S. Grant (Union General); Upperville (Virginia), battle of; Utoy Creek (Georgia), battle of

· Vicksburg (Mississippi), siege of; Virginia, CSS (Confederate ironclad warship); Van Dorn, Earl (Confederate General)

· Wilderness (Virginia), battle of the; When Johnny Comes Marching Home (civil war song written in 1863 by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore); William B. Taliaferro (Confederate General)

· Yellow Tavern (Virginia), battle of; Yorktown (Virginia), siege of

· Zook, Samuel (Union General); Zouave regiment; Zollicoffer, Felix (Confederate General)

Answer 3

Ah, what a delightful question! One term from the Civil War that starts with "Z" is "Zouave." Zouaves were soldiers in the Union Army known for their colorful uniforms and distinctive fighting style inspired by French North African troops. It's always wonderful to explore history and learn new things!

Answer 4

Zouave.Union soldiers that wore foreign looking uniforms..

Answer 5

Zither

Answer 6

Zirconium!