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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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The Atheneum was a prison for Confederate soldiers located in this city.
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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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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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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of the 1863 Confederate Jones-Imboden Raid?
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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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Future feudist "Devil Anse" Hatfield belonged to this Confederate military unit during the war.
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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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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Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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