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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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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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This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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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 Union general from Ritchie County served on the commission that tried the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Which Wayne County congressman organized a Union military unit in his region?
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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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 was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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