The Civil War

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1 Robert E. Lee 30x

2 William Tecumseh Sherman 28x

3 Gettysburg 23x

4 Fort Sumter 19x

5 Andersonville 18x

6 George Pickett 18x

7 Ulysses S. Grant 16x

8 Stonewall Jackson 15x

9 Jefferson Davis 15x

10 Antietam 15x

11 Richmond, Virginia 15x

12 George McClellan 14x

13 Vicksburg 11x

14 South Carolina 11x

15 Bull Run 11x

16 the Merrimack 11x

17 David Farragut 11x

18 the Monitor 9x

19 Richmond 8x

20 the Mississippi 8x

21 John Wilkes Booth 7x

22 John Brown 7x

23 the Army of the Potomac 6x

24 Shiloh 6x

25 Andrew Johnson 6x

26 Georgia 6x

27 William Quantrill 6x

28 the Congressional Medal of Honor 6x

29 Mary Todd Lincoln 6x

30 Burnside 6x

31 Texas 5x

32 Tennessee 5x

33 Louisa May Alcott 5x

34 cotton 5x

35 Clara Barton 5x

36 Atlanta 5x

37 Alexander Stephens 5x

38 Abner Doubleday 5x

39 the Emancipation Proclamation 5x

40 West Virginia 4x

41 Seward 4x

42 Savannah 4x

43 North Carolina 4x

44 New York City 4x

45 Mobile Bay 4x

46 Maryland 4x

47 Hampton Roads 4x

48 Missouri 4x

49 Manassas 4x

50 Alabama 4x

Sample Clues

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

Known for his scorched earth policy, this Union general worked as a banker & lawyer before the war

William Tecumseh Sherman

July 1, 1863: Good news, get to keep leg; bad news, I'm going to Cemetery Ridge for this Penn. battle

Gettysburg

Daniel Hough, the Civil War's first fatality, died not in battle but in an accident at this fort

Fort Sumter

Clara Barton traveled to this Confederate prison to help gather evidence of missing & deceased soldiers

Andersonville

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William Tecumseh Sherman (26) Andersonville (15) Ulysses S. Grant (14) George McClellan (12) Stonewall Jackson (11) Farragut (11) Jefferson Davis (10) South Carolina (10) Richmond, Virginia (9) the Monitor (9)

Civil War 375

Robert E. Lee (25) Gettysburg (22) George Pickett (20) Fort Sumter (19) Antietam (16) Bull Run (13) Vicksburg (11) Shiloh (7) the Merrimack (6) Jefferson Davis (6)

Colonial / Exploration 8

Connecticut (2) John C. Fremont (2) William Clark (1) Sharpsburg (1) Henry Stanley (1) Mexico (1)

Revolutionary Era 8

Louisa May Alcott (1) Harriet Tubman (1) Nathan Hale (1) Phi Beta Kappa (1) Franklin Pierce (1) Yorktown (1) Gettysburg (1) the Battle of Gettysburg (1)

Ancient 3

France (1) Hannibal Hamlin (1) Beauregard (1)

Medieval 1

Ireland (1)

World War II 1

Germany & Italy (1)