| GILDED | The ___ Age, U.S. Civil War to WWI era (6) |
| BLUEBERRY | One of only three berries native to North America first harvested commercially in Maine during the Civil War to feed soldiers |
| BALKAN | ___ Powder Keg (situation that led to WWI) |
| DONUT | National ___ Day, celebrated annually on the first Friday in June, honoring the practice of giving the treat to WWI soldiers |
| SHILOH | U.S. Civil War battle of 1862 in Tennessee (6) |
| YANKEE | Northern soldier in U.S. Civil War (6) |
| BAKING | Book by a U.S. civil rights leader subject to heat? (6) |
| BESSIE | ____ Coleman, early U.S. civil aviator born in 1892 (6) |
| GREY | Normal colour of the uniforms worn by the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War (4) |
| REB | Yank's foe in the U. S. Civil War |
| ROBERTELEE | Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War nicknamed King of Spades (6,1,3) |
| EPOQUE | The pre-WWI era, La belle ___ |
| PALMERSTON | British P. M. during the U. S. Civil War |
| WVA | One of two states formed during the U.S. Civil War |
| GREYCOAT | Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War (8) |
| GATLING | ___ gun, type of machine gun with a cluster of barrels first used in the U.S. Civil War (7) |
| SIDEBURN | A continuation of a man's hairline in front of his ears named after a U.S. Civil War general (8) |
| BROOKE | WWI era English poet Rupert |
| GRANT | U.S. Civil War Union general (5) |
| GONEWITHTHEWIND | Epic romantic 1939 film about U.S. civil war (4,4,3,4) |