| 1886 Alcott sequel | 18 |
| 1885-89 or 1893-97 | 18 |
| 1885 Motorwagen maker | 21 |
| 1884 short story by Guy de Maupassant | 37 |
| 1884 literary hero, informally | 30 |
| 1884 John Keats work | 20 |
| 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson romance | 31 |
| 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson novel | 29 |
| 1883 Maupassant novel | 21 |
| 1882 opera based on Arthurian legend | 36 |
| 1881-1973 painter | 17 |
| 1881 trouble spot | 17 |
| 1881 Pasteur vaccine target | 27 |
| 1881 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta | 34 |
| 1881 fight site | 15 |
| 1880s White House monogram | 26 |
| 1880s pres. monogram | 20 |
| 1880s first family | 18 |
| 1880 Zola novel | 15 |
| 1880 literary heroine | 21 |
| 1880 Émile Zola novel | 25 |
| 188-nation org. promoting fiscal stability | 42 |
| 1879's Anglo-___ War | 24 |
| 1878 Kentucky Derby winner _____ Star | 37 |
| 1877 Twain collaborator | 23 |
| 1877 Manet painting | 19 |
| 1877 Harte/Twain play | 21 |
| 1877 flop by Bret Harte and Mark Twain | 38 |
| 1876, e.g. | 10 |
| 1876 victor by one electoral vote | 33 |
| 1876 Twain hero | 15 |
| 1876 opera that typically lasts five hours or longer | 52 |
| 1876 celebration, for one | 25 |
| 1876 battle site | 16 |
| 1873 adventure novel that begins and ends in London | 51 |
| 1871 Verdi premier | 18 |
| 1871 Verdi opera | 16 |
| 1871 Verdi opening | 18 |
| 1871 Verdi debut | 16 |
| 1871 sequel to a classic 1868 novel | 35 |
| 1871 Giuseppe Verdi opera | 25 |
| 1871 Chicago tragedy | 20 |
| 1871 Cairo premiere | 19 |
| 1870s period costume named for a Dickens lass | 45 |
| 1870s Dodge City VIP | 20 |
| 1870 surrender site | 19 |
| 1870 opera famously excerpted in "Apocalypse Now" | 59 |
| 1870 breath freshener | 21 |
| 1869 Twain novel, with "The" | 38 |
| 1869 song popularized by Glenn Miller | 37 |
| 1869 R.D. Blackmore novel | 25 |
| 1869 novel about Prince Myshkin | 31 |
| 1869 Minkus ballet | 18 |
| 1869 Dostoyevsky novel | 22 |
| 1869 coastal painting by Gustave Courbet, with "The" | 62 |
| 1868 Dostoyevsky novel | 22 |
| 1867 United States purchase | 27 |
| 1867 purchase for a little over $7 million | 42 |
| 1867 purchase for $7.2 million | 30 |
| 1867 purchase | 13 |
| 1867 legislation, abbr. | 23 |
| 1867 book subtitled "Kritik der politischen Ökonomie" | 67 |
| 1867 admission to the USA | 25 |
| 1867 admission to the Union: Abbr. | 34 |
| 1865 villain | 12 |
| 1864's ___-Danish War | 25 |
| 1864's March to the Sea? | 28 |
| 1864 Geneva Convention creation | 31 |
| 1864 convention site | 20 |
| 1864 Civil War naval battle site | 32 |
| 1864 battle site that was the source of the quote "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" | 99 |
| 1864 battle site | 16 |
| 1863 speech opener | 18 |
| 1863 German invention, for short | 32 |
| 1863 Chancellorsville event | 27 |
| 1862 Tennessee battle site | 26 |
| 1862 swimmers at Shiloh | 23 |
| 1862 Maryland battle site | 25 |
| 1862 invasion battle site | 25 |
| 1862 conflict in Minnesota | 26 |
| 1862 Civil War battle site | 26 |
| 1862 Bull Run victor | 20 |
| 1862 battlefield | 16 |
| 1862 battle site | 16 |
| 1862 battle | 11 |
| 1862 Act of Congress | 20 |
| 1861-65 | 7 |
| 1861-'89 territory | 22 |
| 1861 or 1862 Civil War conflict | 31 |
| 1861 initials | 13 |
| 1861 combat | 11 |
| 1860s-'80s territory on the Canadian border | 47 |
| 1860s White House nickname | 26 |
| 1860s soldiers, for short | 25 |
| 1860s soldier, informally | 25 |
| 1860s soldier, briefly | 22 |
| 1860s soldier | 13 |
| 1860s prez | 10 |
| 1860s presidential nickname | 27 |
| 1860s presidential in-law | 25 |