# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1141 "2026-05-24T14:26:37Z")
**Rock Music of the 1970s** Alan Parsons Project “Beat on the Brat” Clapton, Eric Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Eagles _Frampton Comes Alive!_ Grateful Dead, Godcheau era The Heartbreakers Iggy Pop Jefferson Starship KISS Army Lou Reed Meat Loaf “No No Song, The” Olivia Newton-John Paul Simon Queen “Rock and Roll (Part 2)” Styx The The “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” Ventures, The _Wall, The_ ---
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**Rock Music of the 1970s** Alan Parsons Project “Beat on the Brat” Clapton, Eric Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Eagles _Frampton Comes Alive!_ Grateful Dead, Godcheau era The Heartbreakers Iggy Pop Jefferson Starship KISS Army Lou Reed Meat Loaf “No No Song, The” Olivia Newton-John Paul Simon Queen “Rock and Roll (Part 2)” Styx The The “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” Ventures, The _Wall, The_ “Xanadu” (from Rush’s 1977 album _A Farewell to Kings_) ---
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[quote=“Misnomer, post:1142, topic:1025341, full:true”] **Rock Music of the 1970s** Alan Parsons Project “Beat on the Brat” Clapton, Eric Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Eagles _Frampton Comes Alive!_ Grateful Dead, Godcheau era The Heartbreakers Iggy Pop Jefferson Starship KISS Army Lou Reed Meat Loaf “No No Song, The” Olivia Newton-John Paul Simon Queen “Rock and Roll (Part 2)” Styx The The “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” Ventures, The _Wall, The_ “Xanadu” (from Rush’s 1977 album _A Farewell to Kings_) Yes ---
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**Rock Music of the 1970s** Alan Parsons Project “Beat on the Brat” Clapton, Eric Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Eagles _Frampton Comes Alive!_ Grateful Dead, Godcheau era The Heartbreakers Iggy Pop Jefferson Starship KISS Army Lou Reed Meat Loaf “No No Song, The” Olivia Newton-John Paul Simon Queen “Rock and Roll (Part 2)” Styx The The “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” Ventures, The _Wall, The_ “Xanadu” (from Rush’s 1977 album _A Farewell to Kings_) Yes ZZ Top New topic: American Civil War Antietam ---
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American Civil War Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga The battle with the second-largest number of casualties, 34,000 ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S Henry Halleck ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S Henry Halleck Iron Brigade [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Iron_Brigade_Unit_Insignia_Gettysburg_Historical_Marker.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Iron_Brigade_Unit_Insignia_Gettysburg_Historical_Marker.jpg) addendum – I am a 50-plus year member of the Governor’s Guard Association (of La Crosse WI), the members of which are all lineal descendants of the original members of the 2nd Wisconsin. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P. T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ Kernstown ---
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Added Beauregard’s missing middle initial. **American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P.G.T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S. Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ Kernstown Lincoln, President Abraham Of _course_ he had to be my “L”! ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P.G.T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S. Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ Kernstown Lincoln, President Abraham _Monitor, USS_ ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P.G.T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S. Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ Kernstown Lincoln, President Abraham _Monitor, USS_ New Orleans, Capture of ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P.G.T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S. Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ Kernstown Lincoln, President Abraham _Monitor, USS_ New Orleans, Capture of Oliver P. Morton Indiana’s belligerent governor ---
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**American Civil War** Antietam Beauregard, General P.G.T. Chickamauga Don Carlos Buell Emancipation Proclamation Fort Sumter Grant, Ulysses S. Henry Halleck Iron Brigade _John Brown’s body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave_ Kernstown Lincoln, President Abraham _Monitor, USS_ New Orleans, Capture of Oliver P. Morton Patrick Cleburne, General ---
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