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  1. Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
    7: ...itia and the Committee on Military Affairs. In [[1861]] he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regim...
  2. William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
    46: ...s of the United States|Congress]] ([[March 4]], [[1861]] - [[March 3]], [[1863]]). He was a delegate to...
  3. Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
    31: ...ioned as inspector general, and appointed quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general, and...
    84: ...t"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|'''[[Timothy O. Howe]]'...
  4. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    1: ...(now dry) was 19 [[kilometre|km]] (12 [[mile]]s) east, near the ancient city of [[Canopus (Egypt)|Canop...
    3: ...he Great]], and as the seat of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] rulers of Egypt quickly became one o...
    7: ... Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close to Kait Bey Castle]]
    21: A number of the more fantastic foundation myths are found in the [[Alexander R...
    23: ...ley]]. If such a city was to be on the Egyptian coast, there was only one possible site, behind the scr...
  5. United States (58223 bytes)
    60: ...ka Act]]. The dispute reached a crisis point in [[1861]], when seven southern states seceded[[Confederat...
    76: ... population of the state, and each state has at least one representative. As of the [[United States 200...
    80: ...[[President of the Senate]], with the ability to cast a tiebreaking vote. These two posts are elected, ...
    95: ...e|Air Force]]. The [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] is under the [[Department of Homeland Sec...
    110: ...ins]] west of the plains, deserts and temperate coastal zones west of the Rocky Mountains and [[tempera...
  6. Flag of Louisiana (1128 bytes)
    2: ...representing a mother [[pelican]] wounding her breast to feed her young from the blood. This symbol, em...
    6: Prior to [[1861]], the State of Louisiana had no official flag, t...
    8: In [[January]] 1861, after seceding from the [[United States]], Louis...
    10: ...ar]], though the Pelican flag and Flag of January 1861 remained in use unofficially.
  7. Flag of North Carolina (1696 bytes)
    6: ...g the state's secession from the Union on May 20, 1861.
  8. Flag of South Carolina (934 bytes)
    2: ...e current version was adopted on [[28 January]] [[1861]] as the "national" [[flag]] of the newly seceded...
  9. Flag of Virginia (841 bytes)
    3: ... the beginning of the [[American Civil War]] in [[1861]].
  10. Alabama (10792 bytes)
    61: ... America|Confederate state]] on [[January 11]], [[1861]]. While not many battles were fought in the sta...
    74: ...r, lumber and wood products, mining, rubber and plastic products, transportation equipment and apparel.
    172: ** [[Alabaster, Alabama|Alabaster]]
    255: *[[Southeastern Bible College]]
  11. Arkansas (11679 bytes)
    44: .... Arkansas seceded from the Union on [[May 6]], [[1861]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Under the M...
    68: ... divided by the Arkansas River; the southern and eastern parts of Arkansas are called the Lowlands.
    70: ...htly away from the Mississippi river in the southeast portion of the state and consists of a more undul...
    84: | align=center | ''East-west routes''
    200: ...[University of Arkansas]], Fayetteville.]][[Image:Astate.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Arkansas State Univers...
  12. North Carolina (18268 bytes)
    26: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    37: ... on the north, and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] on the east.
    42: ...d, chartered two colonies on the North Carolina coast in the late [[1580s]], both ending in failure. [[...
    46: ...yetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] in the east to [[Bethania, North Carolina|Bethania]] (northwe...
    48: ...is, leader of the state at the war's beginning in 1861, famously declared in response to President Linco...
  13. Delaware (15006 bytes)
    25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    44: ...en 1763 and 1767. Part of the Line now forms the east-west boundary between Delaware and [[Maryland]], ...
    50: ...re voters voted not to secede on [[January 3]], [[1861]]). Eight months after the end of the Civil War, ...
    56: ... Representative is former Governor, [[Michael N. Castle]] (Republican).
    58: ...ent County]], [[New Castle County, Delaware| New Castle County]], and [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex ...
  14. Florida (24937 bytes)
    25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]]<br/>[...
    36: ...ered by [[Spain|Spanish]] explorers during the [[Easter]] season, which is called ''Pascua Florida'' in...
    43: ...cy). Florida joined the CSA on [[February 10]], [[1861]]. After the fall of the Confederacy in 1865, Flo...
    66: ...[[peninsula]] with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] as its eastern border and the Gulf of Mexico as its western b...
    80: ...lso the site of the most costly single weather disaster in U.S. history, [[Hurricane Andrew]], which co...
  15. Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
    25: TimeZone = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
    36: ...00 Census|U.S. Census]]). Georgia is one of the fastest growing states in the nation, with an estimate...
    54: ...following [[Reconstruction]], Georgia became the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the ...
    86: ... cascade down in elevation to the continental [[coastal plain]] of the southern part of the state. The...
    90: Georgia is also the largest state east of the [[Mississippi River]], since [[West Virgin...
  16. Idaho (13962 bytes)
    50: ...ed [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]] as capital. The [[1861]] discovery of gold in Idaho and the completion o...
    54: ...h Idaho is a conservative state politically, the vast majority of its residents reject such hateful ide...
    122: ...nergy research, is also an important part of the eastern Idaho economy.
  17. Iowa (24205 bytes)
    6: Seal = Iowastateseal.jpg |
    49: ... in [[1867]]. Council Bluffs was designated the eastern terminus for the [[Union Pacific]] railroad. ...
    50: ...hom died. A small battle fought at Athens, MO in 1861 resulted in a few shots finding Iowa soil; a raid...
    63: ...south, and [[Wisconsin]] and [[Illinois]] on the east.
    65: ...owa)|Spirit Lake]], [[West Okoboji Lake]], and [[East Okoboji Lake]] in northwest Iowa (''see [[Iowa Gr...
  18. Kansas (21369 bytes)
    24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 29]], [[1861]] |
    46: ...n Kansas following the war. On [[February 19]], [[1861]] it became the first U.S. state to prohibit all ...
    61: *'''[[State motto|Motto]]:''' ''Ad astra per aspera'', or "To the stars through difficul...
    82: ...y [[Nebraska]] on the north, [[Missouri]] on the east, [[Oklahoma]] on the south, and [[Colorado]] on t...
    89: ...iver]] forms nearly 75 miles of the state's northeastern boundary. The Kansas River, formed by the jun...
  19. Kentucky (15076 bytes)
    25: ...ern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-4 (eastern)<br/>[[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [...
    43: On [[May 20]], [[1861]] during the [[American Civil War]], Kentucky pro...
    45: ...erokee word for "meadowland" after the bluegrass pastures that lured early pioneers to the state. A di...
    48: ...he [[Kentucky Court of Appeals]], and a court of last resort, the [[Kentucky Supreme Court]].
    59: ...untains]] and [[Cumberland Plateau]] in the southeast, the north-central [[Bluegrass region|Bluegrass]]...
  20. Louisiana (26375 bytes)
    8: Seal = Louisianastateseal.jpg |
    45: ... [[Texas]], to the north by [[Arkansas]], to the east by the state of [[Mississippi]], and to the south...
    49: ...an]] tribes before the arrival of Europeans. The lasting mark of the Native Americans can be seen even ...
    53: *The '''[[Chitimacha]]s''' occupied the southeastern parishes of Iberia, Assumption, St Mary, Lower...
    54: ... parishes of St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, East and West Baton Rouge, Livingston, and St. Tammany...

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