#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $200: Due to his propensity for digging trenches, Robert E. Lee got the nickname "King of" this card suit Spades |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $400: Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson got his alias when he disguised stovepipes as these weapons on the battlefield cannons |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $600: Some call this Confederate cavalry general "Jeb", but others dubbed him "Beauty" during his early days ("Jeb") Stuart |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $800: For his uniform color & his spooky elusiveness, Confederate raider John Mosby was "The Gray" this Ghost |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): On his way to Savannah, you might have heard Union troops calling him "Uncle Billy" William Tecumseh Sherman |
#7688, aired 2018-01-31 | NICKNAMES FOR NATIVES $600: This nickname for residents of N.C. may derive from a Civil War regiment that stubbornly held their position as if glued down Tar Heels |
#6158, aired 2011-05-25 | MILITARY NICKNAMES $800: Mr. "Unconditional Surrender" of the Civil War Grant |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES $200: During the Civil War, this river was called the "Backbone of the Confederacy"; it was guarded by several forts the Mississippi |
#2534, aired 1995-09-14 | CIVIL WAR TRIVIA $200: His nicknames included Old Jack, Old Blue Light & Stonewall Stonewall Jackson |
#2376, aired 1994-12-26 | UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES $300: Nevada is the "Battle-Born State" because it was admitted to the Union during this war the Civil War |
#2286, aired 1994-07-11 | HODGEPODGE $400: One of Alabama's nicknames, the "Yellowhammer State", refers to a color on uniforms worn during this war Civil War |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $200: "Invicible Stonewall's last name Jackson |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $400: During the war this "Wild" man of the old west was a Union spy Wild Bill Hickok |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $600: Col. John Mosby was known as this color "Ghost"; it helps if you know which side he was on Gray |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $800: Because he signed his name "F. Lee", General Fitzhugh Lee earned this "insect" nickname Flea |
#2059, aired 1993-07-15 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $1000: This guerrilla leader who sacked Lawrence, Kansas has been called "The bloodiest man in American history" Quantrill |
#2042, aired 1993-06-22 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $400: Actress Pauline Cushman's espionage work during this war made her the "Spy of the Cumberland" Civil War |
#1858, aired 1992-10-07 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $100: This commanding general's soldiers affectionately nicknamed him "Uncle Robert" Robert E. Lee |
#1858, aired 1992-10-07 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $200: He had several nicknames that began with the same letters, including "Unprecedented Strategist" U.S. Grant |
#1858, aired 1992-10-07 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $300: Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was "The Hero of" this South Carolina fort Fort Sumter |
#1858, aired 1992-10-07 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $400: This cavalry officer's West Point classmates teasingly nicknamed him "Beauty" Stuart J.E.B. Stuart |
#1858, aired 1992-10-07 | CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES $500: He was "The Sword of the Confederacy", but his more famous nickname likened him to a rock structure Stonewall Jackson |
#1384, aired 1990-09-13 | HISTORIC NICKNAMES $1000: In the pre-Civil War era he was known as the "Eagle Orator of South Carolina" (John C.) Calhoun |
#1300, aired 1990-04-06 | NICKNAMES $400: He earned the nickname "Hero of Mobile Bay" in the Civil War Admiral David Farragut |