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Laura, the sister of this Civil War general, supposedly never spoke to her brother again after the Civil War began.
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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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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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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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Ths one-time friend of "Stonewall" Jackson led Union forces at the Battle of Charleston in 1862.
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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