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The largest surrender of U.S. forces during the Civil War occurred in what present West Virginia town?
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The Atheneum was a prison for Confederate soldiers located in this city.
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On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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This was the name given to Northern Democrats who supported the Union cause but not the abolition of slavery and many other measures they considered unconstitutional.
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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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Which one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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What surprising feat did McNeill's Rangers pull off near the end of the war in 1865?
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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Who was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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