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What was the nickname given to "Stonewall" Jackson's cousin William Lowther Jackson, who commanded the losing Confederate forces at the Battle of Droop Mountain?
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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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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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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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Upshur County native Sirene Bunten was this age when she started keeping a diary documenting the Civil War in her region.
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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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Which Civil War battlefield is home to Pierson Hollow, which features old-growth hemlocks hundreds of years old?
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