| MANASSAS | Independent city in NE Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| BUNKERHILL | Where the first major battle of the American Revolution was fought: 2 wds. |
| RIEN | "___ ne va plus" (no more bets) |
| REAGAN | Northeast Virginia airport |
| JACKSON | Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' -, Confederate brigadier general associated with the First Battle of Bull Run of 1861 during the American Civil War (7) |
| STONEWALL | Civil War general Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned this nickname for his unflinching defence at the Battle of Bull Run |
| GRANT | Commanding general of the Union Army in the US Civil War and 18th President of the US (5) |
| CHATTANOOGA | City in S.E. Tennessee, scene of two battles during the Civil War (11) |
| ELALAMEIN | Coastal town in Egypt, site of two major World War Two battles in 1942 (2,7) |
| ROSES | The wars of these flowers, red and white, were fought between the houses of Lancaster and York |
| PAMPLONA | City in North Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for its annual bull runs (8) |
| PHILIPPI | City in ancient Macedonia, scene of two battles in 42BC (8) |
| CONFEDERATE | Of the southern states in the US civil war |
| SELMA | Recent film about an episode in the US civil rights campaign of the 1960s. (5) |
| BURNSIDE | Ambrose, union general in the US Civil War after whom a style of side whiskers is named (8) |
| UNION | Common term for the North in the US Civil War (5) |
| YANKEES | What were northern soldiers in the US Civil War called? (7) |
| NORTH | Alternative name for the Union forces in the US Civil War (5) |
| BATTLE | ___ of Bull Run |
| VATICAN | Independent city-state in Rome, _ City (7) |