| SUMTER | Fort - was captured in 1861 by Confederate forces, the first action of the American Civil War (6) |
| THESHIPPINGFORECAST | Service started in 1861 by Robert FitzRoy (formerly HMS Beagle's captain), aired by the BBC since 1925 |
| JOSEPHHOOKER | Major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War defeated by Confederate General Robert E Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 |
| MERRIMAC | An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North. |
| LEE | Commanded the Confederate forces and was considered a brilliant tactican |
| EASTLYNNE | Novel of 1861 by Mrs Henry Wood (4,5) |
| SALLY | South supported by Confederate girl (5) |
| MISTAKE | To force the first into is wrong (7) |
| CUE | Billiards stick (Wordplay tip: in this clue, "break" refers to the first action in a billiards game) |
| GIJOE | The first "Action Figure", which mini-hero made his debut in 1964? (1,1,3) |
| SALLIES | Forays in south by Confederates (7) |
| RED | Revolutionary arrested by Confederates retreating (3) |
| VERONA | The site of this Italian city became a Roman colony in 89 BCE and was captured by Charlemagne in 774. It is one of the richest cities in northern Italy in Roman remains. The amphitheatre located there |
| EDISON | Which Thomas's last breath was captured in a test tube and is on display at the Henry Ford museum in Michigan? (6) |
| SHILOH | Second great battle of the American Civil War, fought in Tennessee in 1862 (6) |
| CASEIN | Main protein occurring in milk, precipitated by the action of the enzyme rennin; from Latin, ' cheese' ( 6) |
| ARNHEM | In and around which town does the action of the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far take place? (6) |
| SKATES | Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs |
| BAYARD | Key figure of the American civil rights movement and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr (5,6) |
| RUSTIN | Key figure of the American civil rights movement and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr (5,6) |
