Joshua Chamberlain & the 20th Maine's counterattack at Little Round Top is said to have saved this pivotal battle for the Union.
Considered one of the original 4 Cabinet positions, it was first held by Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of the Treasury
Belgrade sits on the confluence of the Sava & this second-longest European river
The Danube
This region of Canada where the Cajuns originated & got their name
Acadia
A wind-catching canvas on a ship loses its S & tacks on an N to be this hardware item
"Also known for the Flintstone Flop, Tammy D gettin' biz on the crop, Beastie Boys known to let the beat... mmm..." this!
Drop
He survived heavy fire at Antietam in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but not a bullet from an assassin 39 years later.
William McKinley
One of the 4 main sections of a modern orchestra, it includes the French horns & trombones
Brass
Dubrovnik is in this region of Croatia that also ends in -atia & gave its name to a dog breed
Dalmatia
This French aristocrat who heroically aided the American Revolution
Lafayette
A word meaning not as much drops an S & subs in the N to be an eye part
Less & Lens
Biggie knew "It's like the more money we come across, the more" these "we see"
Problems
Union Major General Lew Wallace is best known for writing this 1880 novel with a chariot race
Ben-Hur
This fearsome group shows up at the opening of the seven seals in the Book of Revelation
The Four Horseman (of the apocalypse)
A type of traditional door knocker is a symbol of this capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina
This title of a French duke; note there's no "New" in the parish name
Orleans
The bottom of an object used as support subs in N for S to be someone who makes a nightmare "of my existence"
He rapped, "Today I didn't even have to use my AK, I gotta say it was a good day"
Ice Cube
Daily Double
After a march from Atlanta to the sea, Gen. Sherman gave Lincoln a nice Xmas gift--this city, & 150 cannons & 25,000 bales of cotton
Savannah
The ancient Greeks believed the 4 these--blood, phlegm, yellow bile & black bile--affect health & mood
Humors
Italy borders 6 countries, including this former Yugoslav republic
Slovenia
This 230,000-square-mile peninsula of southwestern Europe
Iberia
The S bows out of a word meaning to replace an actor in a role & N is the new star in a word meaning to disavow testimony
Recast & Recant
Naughty By Nature hit the Top 10 with the musical question, "You down with" this? & also provided an answer: "Yeah, you know me"
O.P.P
He couldn't get it done as a general for Lincoln, but New Jersey drafted him to be governor in 1878.
McClellan
Durandal is a legendary one of these that are also one of the 4 suits in tarot
a sword
Seen here is the Imperial Mosque in Pristina, the capital of this country
Kosovo
Last name of this "beautiful looking" general who commanded the attack on Fort Sumter in 1861
Beauregard
A tricky plan intended to deceive switches the S for an N to be a character in a Viking alphabet
Ruse & Rune
In "California Love": "Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild West, a state that's untouchable like" this lawman
Elliot Ness