The Union Army or Federal Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. It included the permanent regular army of the United States, which was augmented by massive numbers of temporary units consisting of volunteers as well as conscripts. The Union Army fought and defeated the Confederate Army during the war. At least two and a half million men served in the Union Army; almost all were volunteers. About 360,000 Union soldiers died from all causes; 280,000 were wounded and 200,000 deserted.

When the American Civil War began in April 1861, there were only 16,000 men in the U.S. Army, and of these many Southern officers resigned and joined the Confederate army. The U.S. Army consisted of ten regiments of infantry, four of artillery, two of cavalry, two of dragoons, and three of mounted infantry. The regiments were scattered widely. Of the 197 companies in the army, 179 occupied 79 isolated posts in the West, and the remaining 18 manned garrisons east of the Mississippi River, mostly along the CanadaUnited States border and on the Atlantic coast.

With the Southern slave states declaring secession from the Union, and with this drastic shortage of men in the army, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 men for three months to put down the insurrection. Lincoln's call forced the border states to choose sides, and four seceded, making the Confederacy eleven states strong. The war proved to be longer and more extensive than anyone North or South had expected, and on July 22, 1861, Congress authorized a volunteer army of 500,000 men. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Name a battle the Federal Army fought in?
2. During what years?
3. How many men were in the army at the beginning of the battle?
4. How many regiments were there?
5. Were they close to each other?
6. How many companies were in the West?
7. What were they occupying?
8. At what location was the rest of the companies?
9. How many were there?
10. What were they guarding?
11. How many men did Lincoln demand?
12. for how long?
13. For what?
14. Did anyone expect the length of the war?
15. When did Congress approve volunteer fighters?
16. Male and female?
Answer: 1. American Civil War,
2. 1861 to 1865
3. At least two and a half million
4. 21
5. no
6. 179
7. isolated posts
8. east of the Mississippi River
9. 18
10. garrisons
11. 75,000
12. three months
13. put down the insurrection
14. no
15. July 22, 1861
16. no

(CNN) -- At first glance, they could almost pass for masterpieces by Monet or Renoir.

But these impressionist-style paintings -- which are changing hands for thousands of dollars -- were painted by a five-year-old girl who is unable to speak.

Meet Iris Halmshaw, an autistic child from Leicestershire, UK, who has been producing these striking artworks since she was three.

She has autism, a condition that has made her unable to communicate except through the medium of art.

"From the first painting, she filled the paper with color and it wasn't random -- it was considered and thought out," says her mother, Arabella Carter-Johnson.

"She was so excited and happy I knew that we had found a key into her world and a way of interacting with her."

Autism changed everything

The journey started when Iris was two. Carter-Johnson and her husband, Peter-Jon Halmshaw, realized that something was wrong: she had not picked up any words, and rarely made eye contact.

"We researched it ourselves," her mother recalls, "but as parents, you are always hoping that there was some other explanation."

Iris was officially diagnosed as a child with autism. According to Carter-Johnson, the doctor was "depressing" because he told them that very few therapies worked.

Not to be deterred, the couple embarked on "long nights of research", which led them to the idea of art therapy.

The little girl picked up painting techniques astonishingly quickly, and before long was spending much time at work on her canvases.

Remarkably for a child of her age, her sessions involved about two hours of consistent concentration. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where does Iris live?
2. What was thought out?
3. who said this?
4. When did her parents start to think something was wrong?
5. why?
6. What did they do first?
7. Was she ever offically diagnosed?
8. with what?
9. were there a lot of options for help?
10. how did that make the parents feel?
11. Were they able to find a therapy?
12. what?
13. How did they find that?
14. How did Iris do with it?
15. How long were her sessions?
16. What type of paintings does she do?
17. Is she selling them?
18. for how much?
19. What could these pass for?
20. Does Iris speak?
Answer: 1. Leicestershire, UK,
2. her art
3. her mother
4. when she was two
5. she had not picked up any words, and rarely made eye contact.
6. research
7. yes
8. autism.
9. No
10. depressed
11. yes
12. art therapy.
13. long nights of research
14. The little girl picked up painting techniques astonishingly quickly,
15. 2 hours
16. impressionist-style paintings
17. yes
18. 1000's of dollars
19. Monet or Renoir.
20. no

Emily and her brother Matthew went outside to play. They brought their dog Bo with them, too. Bo was holding a bone in her mouth. Matthew threw a ball and Bo chased after it. Emily laughed as Bo ran away. Bo brought the ball back to Matthew. Then Bo barked. This time Emily threw the ball. She was younger than Matthew, so the ball did not go as far. Bo chased after the ball anyway, and Emily laughed again. Matthew smiled at his little sister. Bo ran back to Emily and dropped the ball at her feet. Then Bo wagged her tail and licked Emily's face. Emily giggled and scratched Bo's ears. Then Matthew and Emily's mother came outside holding a bar of soap. She told them that it was time for dinner and they had to come inside and wash their hands. Just then, Matthew and Emily's dad came home from work. Matthew and Emily ran to their dad. They all walked inside together and Bo followed them in. They would have to play ball tomorrow. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what is the canine's name?
2. what did she have?
3. where?
4. who returned from a job?
5. were they happy to see him?
6. who tossed a round object?
7. did he toss it to someone?
8. who?
9. was he vocal?
10. who is the younger sibling?
Answer:
1. Bo
2. a bone
3. in her mouth
4. their dad
5. Yes
6. Matthew
7. Yes
8. Bo
9. yes
10. Emily