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, pushing Ulysses S. Grant to move troops to Spotsylvania Court (10[1])House. During (-5[1])the 1864 (10[1])Overland Campaign, Grant fought Robert E. Lee (-5[1])in a heavily wooded region with this name. (10[2]-5[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 (-5[1])had what name, indicating its inhospitable (-5[1])nature? ■END■ (10[2])

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