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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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Laura, the sister of this Civil War general, supposedly never spoke to her brother again after the Civil War began.
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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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This key member of "Stonewall" Jackson's staff later surveyed and mapped much of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
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At the 1862 Battle of Fayetteville, this Greenbrier County native set a precedent for modern warfare by firing his artillery at targets hs could not directly see.
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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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On April 25, 1863, Union forces held off four hours of assasults by Confederates at this site in current Grant County.
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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Which Wayne County congressman organized a Union military unit in his region?
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