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On what date did West Virginia enter the union?
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Which one of the following towns was named for a Civil War general from present West Virginia?
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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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This key member of "Stonewall" Jackson's staff later surveyed and mapped much of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
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Future feudist "Devil Anse" Hatfield belonged to this Confederate military unit during the war.
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What surprising feat did McNeill's Rangers pull off near the end of the war in 1865?
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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Who was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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