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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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Which Confederate commander experienced a series of devastating military defeats in present West Virginia early in the Civil War?
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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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Upshur County native Sirene Bunten was this age when she started keeping a diary documenting the Civil War in her region.
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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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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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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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During an 1862 raid, this Cabell County general became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
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These Confederate guerrillas operated around the Little Kanawha River and drew most of their members from Calhoun County.
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Which Wayne County congressman organized a Union military unit in his region?
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