| AMERICANCIVILWAR | The 1861 to 1865 conflict |
| APPOMATTOX | Battle of ?, April 1865 conflict in the American Civil War (10,10) |
| COURTHOUSE | Battle of ?, April 1865 conflict in the American Civil War (10,10) |
| CIVILWAR | The Union vs The Confederacy from 1861 to 1865 |
| HAMLIN | Hannibal --, Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (6) |
| ABRAHAMLINCOLN | U.S. president, 1861 to 1865 |
| ABRAHAM | ___ Lincoln, US president from 1861 to 1865 (7) |
| ABE | President from 1861 to 1865, for short |
| SUMTER | The 1861 battle at Fort ___ was the opening engagement of the American Civil War (6) |
| CHARLES | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (7) |
| READE | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| LEOPOLD | Name of the first king of the Belgians who reigned from 1831 to 1865 (7) |
| PALMERSTON | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount _; Prime Minister 1855 to 1858 and 1859 to 1865 (10) |
| AUCKLAND | Seaport on North Island, New Zealand that was capital of the country from 1841 to 1865 (8) |
| ABIDEWITHME | 1847 hymn by English clergyman Henry Francis Lyte typically sung to the 1861 tune Eventide by organist William Henry Monk (5,4,2) |
| BAHRAIN | Which country in the Arabian Gulf was a British-protected state from 1861 to 1971? (7) |
| LISZT | Franz, Hungarian composer of the 1861 symphony Faust (5) |
| SAVOY | Royal house of Italy from 1861 to 1946 (5) |
| DAKOTA | Territory from 1861 to 1889 |
| DAK | ___ Terr., area from 1861 to 1889 |
