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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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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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This Confederate general from Monroe County accompanied Confederate President Jefferson Davis on his escape after Richmond fell.
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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of the 1863 Confederate Jones-Imboden Raid?
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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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Who was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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