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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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Which one of the following natural resources—found in many West Virginia caves—was used as a key ingredient in manufacturing gunpowder during the Civil War?
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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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On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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After the war, West Virginia chose this former "Stonewall" Jackson aide as its lawyer when the state argued before the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
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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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In which Eastern Panhandle city did Union troops win a victory after Confederates had burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1864?
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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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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