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the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles

a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker