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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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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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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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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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This former Virginia governor was on the losing Confederate side at the Battle of Carnifex Ferry in 1861.
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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of the 1863 Confederate Jones-Imboden Raid?
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Which one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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