# The Atoz Game (Part 3)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341>\
**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:** 59

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1161 "2026-05-27T02:21:18Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1162 "2026-05-27T18:33:11Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA

sometimes referred to as “The Crossroads of the Civil War” due to its proximity to several major battles including Chancellorsville and the Battle of the Wilderness.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1163 "2026-05-28T01:59:03Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1164 "2026-05-28T20:51:45Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers  
Union

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1165 "2026-05-28T21:27:39Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers  
Union  
Virginia

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1166 "2026-05-28T22:55:54Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers  
Union  
Virginia  
West Virginia

Only exists thanks to to the war (broke away from Virginia due to USA loyalty and admitted to the Union as a slave-holding state).

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1167 "2026-05-29T14:32:25Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers  
Union  
Virginia  
West Virginia  
[X Corps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corps_(Union_army))

I was about to enter “AppomattoX” but found this instead. I’ve never heard the term applied as presented.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1168 "2026-05-29T14:59:06Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers  
Union  
Virginia  
West Virginia  
[X Corps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corps_(Union_army))  
Yellow Tavern

A minor battle, notable for resulting in Jeb Stuart’s death.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1169 "2026-05-29T15:56:43Z")

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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  
Quantrill’s Raiders  
Robert E. Lee, General  
Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA  
Tennessee Volunteers  
Union  
Virginia  
West Virginia  
[X Corps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corps_(Union_army))  
Yellow Tavern  
[Zouaves](https://npshistory.com/publications/anti/brochures/zouaves.pdf)

With summer coming on, how about a tall, cold one?  
**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1170 "2026-05-29T16:05:49Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1171 "2026-05-29T16:12:58Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label

As a kid, I’d see ads for it, with the slogan, “Mabel, Black Label!”

[![](https://i.etsystatic.com/5596663/r/il/b10bd6/4181629067/il_1080xN.4181629067_9ryd.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/5596663/r/il/b10bd6/4181629067/il_1080xN.4181629067_9ryd.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1172 "2026-05-29T16:29:51Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1173 "2026-05-29T17:38:40Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1174 "2026-05-29T17:47:27Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff

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**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1175 "2026-05-29T18:38:36Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff  
Gambrinus

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1176 "2026-05-29T20:27:44Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff  
Gambrinus  
Hacker-Pschorr

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1177 "2026-05-29T21:45:51Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff  
Gambrinus  
Hacker-Pschorr  
Ice Harbor

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1178 "2026-05-30T03:35:09Z")

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**Beer Brands _(past or present)_**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff  
Gambrinus  
Hacker-Pschorr  
Ice Harbor  
[Jalla Jalla](https://untappd.com/b/jon-riki-brewery-jalla-jalla/2524836)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1179 "2026-05-30T03:40:18Z")

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**Beer Brands (past or present)**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff  
Gambrinus  
Hacker-Pschorr  
Ice Harbor  
Jalla Jalla  
Kronenbourg 1664

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/1180 "2026-05-30T15:55:55Z")

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**Beer Brands (past or present)**

Andeker  
Boddington’s  
Carling Black Label  
Dos Equis  
Efes  
Falstaff  
Gambrinus  
Hacker-Pschorr  
Ice Harbor  
Jalla Jalla  
Kronenbourg 1664  
Lone Star

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