| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | NURSES $600: Civil War nurse Dorothea Dix also worked to help people with this condition, often kept in "cages, closets, cellars" mental illness |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: On the morning of April 15, 1865 Dr. Samuel Mudd set this man's broken leg John Wilkes Booth |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: This super-nurse & her supply wagons gave aid to Union casualties & Confederate prisoners Clara Barton |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1200: This preacher, the brother of author Harriet, gave an oration at the raising of the flag over Fort Sumter at war's end Henry Ward Beecher |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1600: Asked why the Confederates lost Gettysburg, he "charge"d, "The Yankees had something to do with it" (George) Pickett |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $8,000 (Daily Double): In 1861 this future general received a commission in the Army from his brother John, a senator known for his anti-trust act William Tecumseh Sherman |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | REPUBLICANS $200: After the Civil War the "Radical Republicans" were committed to the enfranchisement of these people slaves (African-Americans accepted) |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | THE "VILLE" OF THE PEOPLE $2000: This city that's home to the main campus of the U. of Arkansas was occupied by Union troops during the Civil War Fayetteville |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: Known for his Gettysburg "Charge", after the War he sold insurance in Richmond (George) Pickett |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: It was at a victory that this CSA Gen. reportedly said, "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it" (Robert E.) Lee |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1200: Julia Ward Howe wrote this "Hymn", the semi-official song of the Union Army, after visiting an army camp near Washington, D.C. "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1600: After the War, this Union general known for his whiskers was elected Governor of Rhode Island 3 times (Ambrose) Burnside |
| #6690, aired 2013-10-18 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $2000: A former slave, she was appointed to the National Freedman's Relief Association in 1864; in your face, Tubman! Sojourner Truth |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | LONG A-GO $400: During the Civil War he had headquarters in Cairo, Illinois & people from the area gave him a horse named Egypt (Ulysses S.) Grant |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: Elizabeth Van Lew pretended to be mentally ill but she was really working as a Union spy in this capital of Virginia Richmond |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $700 (Daily Double): This famous nurse was nearly killed when a bullet ripped through her dress at the battle of Antietam Clara Barton |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: This woman's work on the Underground Railroad later inspired an opera called "She Never Lost a Passenger" Harriet Tubman |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1200: Confederate General Richard Taylor was the son of this U.S. President Zachary Taylor |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $2000: Born into slavery around 1818, this great orator helped recruit his fellow African-Americans for the Union army Frederick Douglass |
| #4426, aired 2003-12-01 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: "Old Fuss and Feathers", he fought in the War of 1812 & was a General early in the Civil War Winfield Scott |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | OH, NURSE! $1200: Called the "Moses of Her People", she served as a cook & a nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War Harriet Tubman |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: William H. Carney, of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, was the first black soldier honored with this medal the Congressional Medal of Honor |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: In early September 1864 this general ordered all the civilians out of Atlanta Sherman |
| #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 |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $2,000 (Daily Double): This Civil War figure was born in 1808 & named after the President of the U.S. Jefferson Davis |
| #4199, aired 2002-11-28 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $2000: Lincoln called this newspaper artist "Our best recruiting sergeant" Thomas Nast |
| #4009, aired 2002-01-24 | MOVEMENTS $600: Begun after the Civil War, the Granger Movement tried to improve conditions for people in this job farming |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $200: He said, "War is cruelty... the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over" before he marched to the sea Sherman |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: Southern-born Pauline Cushman used this show biz profession as a cover when she spied for the Union an actress |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $600: Alexander Gardner, his chief cameraman, left his employ in 1863 & started his own combat photo team (Mathew) Brady |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: She set her 1862 novel "The Pearl of Orr's Island" in New England, not in the South Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1000: Future presidents William McKinley & Rutherford B. Hayes both fought in this bloodiest 1-day battle of the war Antietam |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $200: On Nove. 19, 1863 Edward Everett gave a 2-hour speech here; it preceded a much shorter & more famous one Gettysburg |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: Rumors of drunkenness persisted, but Lincoln said of him, "I can't spare this man; he fights" Ulysses S. Grant |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: Kate Clarke, mistress of this outlaw guerrilla leader, opened a brothel in St. Louis with the money he left her William Quantrill |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1000: Though he was born near Petersburg, VA., this "Old Fuss And Feathers" general sided with the Union Winfield Scott |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1,500 (Daily Double): Early in the morning of April 15, 1865, David Herold & this man showed up at the home of Dr. Samuel Mudd John Wilkes Booth |
| #2964, aired 1997-06-19 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): William H. Seward negotiated the Alaska Purchase during this president's administration Andrew Johnson |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: General George Henry Thomas earned the epithet "The Rock of Chickamauga" during this war the Civil War |
| #2132, aired 1993-12-07 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: This Union general ordered the people of Atlanta to evacuate their homes September 7, 1864 Sherman |
| #1978, aired 1993-03-24 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: Some people claim Union colonel Ulric Dahlgren plotted to kill this Confederate president Jefferson Davis |
| #1414, aired 1990-10-25 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: This ex-slave, known as the "Moses of Her People", helped more than 300 slaves escape to freedom Harriet Tubman |
| #1139, aired 1989-07-13 | FAMOUS RIDERS $400: During the Civil War, he was often seen riding "Cincinnati", a gift from the people in the Ohio city (Ulysses) Grant |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: In August 1863 this guerrilla leader & his raiders burned Lawrence, Kan. & killed about 150 people (William C.) Quantrill |
| #887, aired 1988-06-14 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1000: She was a nurse, cook & spy during the Civil War, but was best known as the Moses of her people Harriet Tubman |
| #882, aired 1988-06-07 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The Gettysburg Address ends "Gov't of the people, by the people, for the people shall not" do this perish from the earth |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: After delivering this, Lincoln said, "It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed" the Gettysburg Address |
| #408, aired 1986-04-02 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: More than 1,000 people were killed or wounded in 1863 anti-draft riots in this Northern city New York City |
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