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The largest surrender of U.S. forces during the Civil War occurred in what present West Virginia town?
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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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This was the name given to Northern Democrats who supported the Union cause but not the abolition of slavery and many other measures they considered unconstitutional.
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After the war, West Virginia chose this former "Stonewall" Jackson aide as its lawyer when the state argued before the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
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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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During an 1862 raid, this Cabell County general became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
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Ths one-time friend of "Stonewall" Jackson led Union forces at the Battle of Charleston in 1862.
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Which Wayne County congressman organized a Union military unit in his region?
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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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Who earned the Medal of Honor by defending Harpers Ferry during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign?
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