THE CIVIL WAR
Confederate Gen. Longstreet was actually in command of the disastrous Gettysburg attack known as this man's "Charge"
Pickett
In a "Monty Python" skit, John Cleese lodges a complaint about a dead one of these just bought from a store & gets little satisfaction
a parrot
Tuna,
tennis balls,
paint
Things that come in a can
He wrote "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" for Lucy Barfield & dedicated it to her from "your affectionate Godfather"
C.S. Lewis
In the 1930s the Hogben test used the African clawed species of this amphibian to test if a (human) woman was pregnant
a frog
The Union won at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863; on July 4, Confederates surrendered this vital city in the west
Vicksburg
This "Seinfeld" character can't get supreme flounder from a Chinese restaurant, so she has to resort to all sorts of tricks
Elaine
A bowling ball,
your eyes,
dice
Things you roll
Kristin Hannah dedicated "The Women" to "the courageous women who served" here, as well as to all veterans & POW/MIA
Vietnam
Here's the stitch: in the 17th C.'s "Compleat Midwife's Practice", a pregnancy test involved this item that has an "eye"
A needle
The site of a key siege during the Revolutionary War, this Virginia port was taken by the Union after another siege in 1862
Yorktown
Steve Martin F-bombs Edie McClurg several times at a car rental kiosk in this 1987 comedy, but ends up losing the war
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Knives,
minds,
Cheddar cheese
Things that are sharp
Stephen King dedicated "Firestarter" "in memory of" this "Haunting of Hill House" author
(Shirley) Jackson
In 2008 Jenna Karvunidis had a cake filled with pink icing when she popularized this; she later said the concept is limiting
gender reveals
This April 1862 Union victory with a biblical name shocked both sides with more than 20,000 total casualties
Shiloh
Someone wants to buy cigarettes in this 1994 Kevin Smith flick, but the guys are playing hockey on the roof of the shop
Clerks
Barrel,
wingback,
club
chairs
In "Franny & Zooey", he paid homage to William Shawn of The New Yorker, calling him his closest friend & "lover of the long shot"
Salinger
It's common to have 2 of these imaging tests done during pregnancy: one is a dating scan & the other, an anatomy scan
an ultrasound
The Monitor & the Merrimack slugged it out in this Virginia harbor with a name that includes a short form of "Roadstead"
Hampton Roads
In this film, actress Helen Hunt informs Jack Nicholson that repeated rudeness will get him banned from her diner
As Good As it Gets
Smaug,
the accident-prone Zog,
Saphira
dragons (from literature)
She dedicated "Play It as It Lays" to her husband John Gregory Dunne, & he dedicated "True Confessions" partly to her
Joan Didion
At-home tests detect levels of this hormone produced by the placenta & often abbreviated to 3 letters
HCG