Round 1: Tossup 3

Under the command of Felix Zollicoffer, the 33rd Indiana Infantry Regiment traversed a route with this name at the start of the Battle of Camp Wildcat. During a battle with this name, John Hammond’s cavalry was driven back to Parker’s Store by A. P. Hill. Brigadier General John B. Gordon attacked the Union right flank at a battle with this name shortly after James Longstreet was wounded by his men, (-5[2])pushing Ulysses S. Grant to move troops to Spotsylvania Court House. During the 1864 Overland Campaign, Grant fought Robert E. Lee in a heavily wooded region with (10[1])this name. (10[1])A route with this name was blazed for the Transylvania Company through the Cumberland Gap en route to Kentucky. For 10 points, a road blazed by Daniel Boone had what name, indicating its inhospitable nature? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: wilderness [accept Wilderness Road; accept Battle of the Wilderness]
<NS, American History> | Packet A - Brown A, Wisconsin A, Purdue, Maryland B
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%105.00
California (South)Main Site4100%0%107.00
CanadaMain Site1250%25%125.50
FloridaMain Site3100%0%108.67
Great LakesMain Site580%40%115.50
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site989%22%123.25
MidwestMain Site875%63%104.33
OverflowMain Site4100%50%118.75
South CentralMain Site2100%50%114.50
SoutheastMain Site786%14%107.00
UKMain Site1242%17%105.80
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site875%25%112.50
Upstate NYMain Site4100%0%108.75