| 100% | BULLRUN | 7 | First Battle of —, first major engagement of the American Civil War, in July 1861 |
| 69% | BULLRUN | 7 | First major battle of the American Civil War |
| 59% | GETTYSBURG | 10 | Battle of —, conflict of the American Civil War fought in July, 1863 |
| 57% | MEADE | 5 | George —, Union Army Major General in the American Civil War who defeated Robert E Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 |
| 56% | JACKSON | 7 | Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' —, Confederate brigadier general associated with the First Battle of Bull Run of 1861 during the American Civil War |
| 55% | BULLRUN | 7 | First major battle of the Civil War, also known as "Manassas": 2 wds. |
| 54% | APPOMATTOX | 10 | & 10D Battle of -, April 1865 conflict in the American Civil War |
| 54% | ANTIETAM | 8 | Battle of —, September, 1862 conflict in the American Civil War also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg |
| 48% | EDGEHILL | 8 | Battle of 1642, the first of the English Civil War |
| 46% | PETERSBURG | 10 | City in Virginia on the Appomattox River that saw the final campaign of the American Civil War |
| 46% | EBRO | 4 | Battle of the ___, in the Spanish Civil War |
| 45% | EDGEHILL | 8 | Site in Warwickshire of a 1642 battle in the English Civil War |
| 44% | ANTIETAM | 8 | Site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War |
| 43% | OGLESBY | 7 | Richard J —, Union Army general in the American Civil War; governor of Illinois from 1865-69, 1873 and 1885-89 |
| 42% | SHELBY | 6 | Isaac —, officer in the American War of Independence; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky |
| 42% | MANON | 5 | ___ Rheaume, first woman to play in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues |
| 41% | YANKEE | 6 | Northern soldier in the American Civil War |
| 41% | WOUNDEDKNEE | 11 | Site in South Dakota, US, of the last major battle of the Indian Wars in 1890 |
| 41% | GETTYSBURG | 10 | Major American Civil War battle |
| 41% | JACOBY | 6 | Ellsbury who was the first Native American of Navajo descent to play in Major League Baseball |
| 41% | MANASSAS | 8 | City in Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| 41% | YPRES | 5 | Town in western Belgium; scene of many battles in the First World War |
| 41% | TWEET | 5 | The first was in July 2006, but it was the American Dialect Society's word of the year in 2009 |
| 41% | WORCESTER | 9 | Cathedral city on the River Severn; site in 1651 of the final battle of the English Civil War |
| 40% | SHILOH | 6 | American Civil war battle place in April 1862 |
| 40% | KEPI | 4 | French hat worn by both sides in the American Civil War |
| 39% | IVES | 4 | First major publisher of board games in the U.S. |
| 39% | DOH | 3 | In tonic sol-fa, the first degree of any major scale |