| BRANDYWINE | Battle of ___, engagement of the American Revolution fought on September 11, 1777 (10) |
| BOSWORTHFIELD | Battle of ___, engagement in 1485 in which King Richard III was killed (8,5) |
| BUNKERHILL | First major battle of the American Revolution fought in 1775 near Boston (6,4) |
| FORTSUMTER | The site of the first engagement of the American Civil War |
| ABSORPTION | Engagement of son in the middle of probation - that's outrageous! (10) |
| SUMTER | The 1861 battle at Fort ___ was the opening engagement of the American Civil War (6) |
| WASHINGTON | Hero of the American Revolution |
| BULLRUN | First Battle of ?, first major engagement of the American Civil War, in July 1861 (4,3) |
| ANTIETAM | The Battle of ___, fought on September 17 1862, was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history |
| ICHOOSEYOU | 2013 Sara Bareilles song whose video features the engagements of two real-life couples |
| SPIONKOP | Battle of --- ---, military engagement of the Second Boer War, fought in January 1900 (5,3) |
| MESHING | Engagement of the teeth of gear wheels, so that one drives the other (7) |
| INCHON | Battle of ___ , decisive engagement of the Korean War in 1950 (6) |
| OSAN | Battle of ___: first military engagement of the Korean War, in July 1950 (4) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
| BORODINO | Russian battle in the Napoleonic Wars, fought on September 7, 1812 (8) |
| COURTCIRCULAR | A daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (5,8) |
| CIRCULAR | Court ___, daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (8) |
| JOHNHANCOCK | Patriot of the American Revolution remembered chiefly for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence |
| GREATGRANDNIECE | Eugenia Washington (co-founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution), to George Washington |
