Memorize these and you could recognize 37.4% of all The Civil War clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Tecumseh Sherman | 27 | Union general who later said, "I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected" |
| 2 | Robert E. Lee | 24 | This man who led the Confederate Army had once been offered command of the Union Army |
| 3 | Gettysburg | 20 | Edward Everett's 2-hour long 1863 oration at this Penn. site was followed by a 2-minute speech by Lincoln |
| 4 | Fort Sumter | 17 | First shot of the Civil War was fired there |
| 5 | Andersonville | 17 | MacKinlay Kantor's novel about this notorious prison won the '56 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 6 | Ulysses S. Grant | 16 | Driving the Confederates off Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga in Nov. 1863 made him a national hero |
| 7 | George Pickett | 16 | This rebel's famous "Charge" at Gettysburg was really made at a half-trot |
| 8 | Stonewall Jackson | 14 | Former Virginia Military Institute professor known for his rigid stance |
| 9 | Antietam | 14 | Bloodiest single day's battle in American history occurred at this Maryland creek |
| 10 | Jefferson Davis | 13 | Son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor who was himself a president during the war |
| 11 | Vicksburg | 10 | After a 47-day siege, this "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" on the Mississippi fell |
| 12 | Richmond, Virginia | 10 | In May 1861 this city was designated the capital of the Confederacy |
| 13 | Bull Run | 10 | In July 1861 inexperienced Union troops were routed at this battle near Manassas, Virginia |
| 14 | George McClellan | 10 | After this general took his own sweet time to cross the Potomac, Lincoln replaced him with Burnside |
| 15 | David Farragut | 10 | This future admiral led the fleet that captured New Orleans in April 1862 |
| 16 | South Carolina | 8 | Because it opposed high tariffs, this 1st state to secede had threatened to as far back as 1832 |
| 17 | the Merrimack | 8 | On March 8, 1862 this Confederate ship destroyed 2 Union ships at Hampton Roads |
| 18 | Richmond | 7 | The leading industrialized city of the South, it became the capital of the Confederacy in May 1861 |
| 19 | the Monitor | 7 | Warship that was called "The Cheesebox on a Raft" |
| 20 | the Mississippi | 7 | When the North took this city on the Mississippi July 4, 1863, casualties totaled over 19,000 |
| 21 | the Army of the Potomac | 6 | In the fall of 1862, Burnside was given command of this Union Army |
| 22 | John Wilkes Booth | 6 | Assassin-to-be who served in a militia unit which helped capture John Brown at Harpers Ferry |
| 23 | Georgia | 6 | (Here comes the music.)Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along Sing it as we use... |
| 24 | Texas | 5 | This Confederate state was the largest in area, & undoubtedly proud of it |
| 25 | Tennessee | 5 | Re-admitted to the Union under Andrew Johnson, this Confederate state avoided Reconstruction |
| 26 | Shiloh | 5 | 1st major battle with heavy casualties was at this Tennessee site named for a church on the battlefield |
| 27 | John Brown | 5 | In famous Civil War song, his "body lies a-mouldering in the grave, his soul goes marching on" |
| 28 | Clara Barton | 5 | The "Angel of the Battlefield" |
| 29 | Atlanta | 5 | On September 2, 1864 Sherman sent Lincoln a short telegram, "So" this city "is ours, and fairly won" |
| 30 | Andrew Johnson | 5 | Later president, he was only senator from a Confederate state who stayed loyal to the Union |
| 31 | Alexander Stephens | 5 | After the war, this Confederate vice president wrote a book about the war & became Georgia's governor |
| 32 | William Quantrill | 5 | This guerrilla fighter raided the farms & towns of those in Kansas & Missouri who were loyal to the Union |
| 33 | Mary Todd Lincoln | 5 | The widow of Confederate gen. D.H. Helm was offered amnesty because she was this woman's half-sister |
| 34 | Burnside | 5 | This Union general's facial growth gave us the word "sideburns" |
| 35 | West Virginia | 4 | Our 35th state, it was only new state directly resulting from the Civil War |
| 36 | the Congressional Medal of Honor | 4 | George Custer's brother Thomas was the only person in the U.S. Army to win 2 of these medals during the war |
| 37 | Seward | 4 | When Lincoln was assassinated, this Secretary of State was separately attacked but survived |
| 38 | North Carolina | 4 | 1/5 of entire Confederate Army was from this Upper South state which was next to last to secede |
| 39 | Maryland | 4 | The bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War took place in this state |
| 40 | Louisa May Alcott | 4 | "Little woman" whose private letters about nursing Union soldiers were published in 1863 |
| 41 | Abner Doubleday | 4 | He commanded at 2nd Bull Run & is said to have devised a sport that later used a bullpen |
| 42 | Missouri | 4 | The first leg of the Pony Express included a ferry ride for horse & rider across this river to Elwood, Kansas |
| 43 | Manassas | 4 | (Ken Burns reads.) The surrender took place at Wilmer McLean'shome; years earlier & 130 miles away, his back yard had been part of this first Civil Wa... |
| 44 | Alabama | 4 | Union troops captured this city, the cradle of the Confederacy, in April 1865 |
| 45 | the South | 4 | First side to resort to drafting soldiers |
| 46 | the Gettysburg Address | 3 | After delivering this, Lincoln said, "It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed" |
| 47 | The General | 3 | On April 12, 1862 James J. Andrews & about 20 volunteers stole this Confederate train in Georgia |
| 48 | the Emancipation Proclamation | 3 | The border states were exempt from this 1863 declaration freeing the slaves |
| 49 | Savannah | 3 | When Sherman ended his March to the Sea in 1864, he offered this city to Lincoln as a "Christmas gift" |
| 50 | New York City | 3 | More than 1,000 people were killed or wounded in 1863 anti-draft riots in this Northern city |