| YORKTOWN | Song in the musical 'Hamilton' recounting the final battle of the American Revolutionary War (8) |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
| SARATOGA | Battles near this New York state town were decisive at the end of the American Revolutionary War |
| BATTLEOF | In June 1775, it proved to be a costly victory for Britain in the American Revolutionary War (6,2,6,4) |
| NEHEMIAH | A book of the Old Testament recounting the acts of a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (8) |
| ANTIETAM | Site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War |
| BUNKERHILL | Battle of ?, June, 1775 conflict of the American Revolutionary War also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill |
| BOSWORTH | Final battle of the Roses (8) |
| WATERLOO | Final battle of the Napoleonic wars, synonymous with defeat (8) |
| HEARD | "The shot ___ round the world" - RW Emerson on the beginning of the American Revolutionary War (5) |
| PITCHER | Molly ___, nickname of the legendary heroine of the battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War (7) |
| WORCESTER | Cathedral city on the River Severn; site in 1651 of the final battle of the English Civil War (9) |
| THEDIARY | Book by George and Weedon Grossmith recounting the life of Charles Pooter (3,5,2,1,6) |
| JEANLAFITTE | French-born pirate who helped to defend New Orleans from the British in the final battle of the War of 1812 |
| MARKETBOSWORTH | Small town near the site of the decisive final battle of the Wars of the Roses (6,8) |
| LEXINGTON | The site of the first shots fired in the American Revolutionary War (9) |
| STOWONTHEWOLD | Gloucestershire town, site of the final battle of the first English Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| MINUTEMAN | Militiaman of the American Revolutionary War who volunteered to be ready for service at short notice (9) |
| BENEDICTARNOLD | General of the American Revolutionary War who was remembered as a traitor |
| NARRATOR | Character recounting the events within a story |
