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Which one of the following towns was named for a Civil War general from present West Virginia?
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Which one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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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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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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The grandfather of which World War II general formed the Confederate Kanawha Riflemen and led them into battle at Scary Creek.
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Which one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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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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