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Civil War

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Which Confederate commander experienced a series of devastating military defeats in present West Virginia early in the Civil War?
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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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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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People who took advantage of the Civil War to settle personal grievances or pusue personal gains were known as this.
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Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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Which one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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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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