| When | Description | General | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary War | Top American commander | George Washington | 92%
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| Civil War | Top Union commander at the end of the Civil War | Ulysses S. Grant | 91%
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| Civil War | Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia | Robert E. Lee | 89%
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| WWII | Supreme Allied commander in Europe | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 88%
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| Civil War | Confederate general known as "Stonewall" | Thomas Jackson | 84%
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| WWII and Korea | Pacific Theater general who was made de-facto ruler of Japan after the war | Douglas MacArthur | 74%
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| WWII | Known as "Old Blood and Guts", this Third Army commander drove his forces deep into Germany | George S. Patton | 71%
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| Civil War | Union general who marched to the sea, burning Atlanta along the way | William Tecumseh Sherman | 71%
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| Indian Wars | Formerly a general, this Lieutenant Colonel had a "last stand" at the Battle of the Little Bighorn | George Armstrong Custer | 70%
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| Revolutionary War | General who betrayed the Americans to fight for the British | Benedict Arnold | 67%
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| Revolutionary War | French nobleman who fought for the Americans | Marquis de {Lafayette} | 60%
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| Gulf War | Top Gulf War general, known as "Stormin' Norman" | Norman Schwarzkopf | 41%
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| WWII | Admiral who commanded the Pacific Fleet | Chester Nimitz | 38%
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| Civil War | Confederate general who led a futile charge at Gettysburg | George Pickett | 38%
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| Civil War | Ineffective commander of the Army of Potomac who was fired by Lincoln and then ran against him in the 1864 election | George B. McClellan | 35%
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| WWI | Top U.S. commander of WWI. His frontal assaults led to unnecessarily high U.S. casualties. | John J. Pershing | 32%
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| Civil War | Brilliant Confederate cavalry commander whose legacy was stained by serving as Grand Wizard of the KKK | Nathan Bedford Forrest | 29%
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| WWII and Korea | Known as "The G.I.'s general", he fought in Normandy and was later the top U.S. commander in the Korean War | Omar Bradley | 20%
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| Vietnam | Top U.S. general in Vietnam from 1964 - 1968 | William {Westmoreland} | 20%
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| WWII, Korea, Vietnam | This Air Force general oversaw the strategic bombing of Japan and also wanted to bomb North Vietnam back to the "Stone Age" | Curtis LeMay | 12%
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