#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: During the Civil War he recruited for the all-Black Massachusetts 54th Infantry, in which 2 of his sons served Frederick Douglass |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $800: Doughboy Frank Buckles, who passed away in 2011 at age 110, was the last surviving U.S. vet of this war World War I |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CIVIL WAR NAMES $400: He reached Savannah in time for Christmas 1864 & presented the city to the Pres., along with 150 captured cannons Sherman |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CIVIL WAR NAMES $800: Of a doomed attack at Gettysburg, this Confederate made the charge that Lee "had my division massacred" (George) Pickett |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CIVIL WAR NAMES $1600: This West Pointer threw out the first pitch, or rather, fired the first Union shot, in defense of Fort Sumter Abner Doubleday |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CIVIL WAR NAMES $2000: This cavalryman twice led his troops in a ride around McClellan, boosting southern morale J.E.B. Stuart |
#6466, aired 2012-10-29 | CIVIL WAR NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): Gen. Bee's comment about this man may not have been a compliment of steadfastness but a complaint about a lack of support Stonewall Jackson |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $1600: In 1863 a Civil War battle took place around Chickamauga Creek in this state Georgia |
#5995, aired 2010-10-08 | YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP! $1200: Alliterative names of the 2 Civil War ships that fought to a draw on March 8, 1862; both would be lost within the year the Merrimack & the Monitor |
#5275, aired 2007-07-13 | NAMES FROM THE PAST $2000: This orator, 106-43 B.C., tried to uphold Republican principles in the Civil War that destroyed Rome Cicero |
#4801, aired 2005-06-20 | NOTABLE NAMES $800: During the Civil War, this American painter known for his seascapes made drawings at the front for Harper's Weekly Winslow Homer |
#4765, aired 2005-04-29 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: Completes the names of two places where Lee & Grant met in different circumstances: Spotsylvania & Appomattox Court House |
#4199, aired 2002-11-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1600: Artillery chief William Pendleton was so religious, he gave these names to his 4 big guns Matthew, Mark, John & Luke |
#3438, aired 1999-07-14 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: This Confederate general with the given names James Ewell Brown was famous for his rides "around McClellan" J.E.B. Stuart |
#2559, aired 1995-10-19 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: Sadly, this celebrated photographer of the Civil War died in poverty in 1896 Mathew Brady |
#1937, aired 1993-01-26 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Stephen Sears names Lincoln as the most written-about Civil War figure & this Southerner second Lee |
#1834, aired 1992-07-16 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: Civil War soldiers were among the first to benefit from his invention of condensed milk (Gail) Borden |
#1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: Alexander Gardner began his career shooting the Civil War for this more famous photographer Mathew Brady |
#1575, aired 1991-06-07 | HISTORIC NAMES $600: He was over 50 years old when his son, future Civil War general Robert E. Lee, was born Light Horse Harry Lee |
#1046, aired 1989-03-06 | HISTORIC NAMES $800: Belle Boyd was a spy during this war & worked as a scout & courier for "The Gray Ghost" the Civil War |
#840, aired 1988-04-08 | CIVIL WAR $600: Fond of capes & plumed hats, this flamboyant cavalryman's real 1st names were James Ewell Brown Jeb Stuart |
#694, aired 1987-09-17 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: Late civil rights leader who won a 1970 Grammy for his record "Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam" Martin Luther King Jr. |
#648, aired 1987-06-03 | MIDDLE NAMES $400: Civil War general William Sherman's Tecumseh |
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