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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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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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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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This Union general from Ritchie County served on the commission that tried the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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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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Which one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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