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1
Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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  4. D.
2
The Atheneum was a prison for Confederate soldiers located in this city.
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  2. B.
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  4. D.
3
On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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  4. D.
4
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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  4. D.
5
The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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  4. D.
6
In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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  4. D.
7
This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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  4. D.
8
During an 1862 raid, this Cabell County general became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
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  4. D.
9
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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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
10
Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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