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1
Which Cabell County native served in the U.S. and Confederate congresses and then as a Confederate brigadier general?
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  4. D.
2
Which one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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  4. D.
3
The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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  4. D.
4
This former Virginia governor was on the losing Confederate side at the Battle of Carnifex Ferry in 1861.
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  4. D.
5
Confederate spy Nancy Hart helped troops capture this city in 1862.
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  4. D.
6
This key member of "Stonewall" Jackson's staff later surveyed and mapped much of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
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  4. D.
7
Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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  4. D.
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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  4. D.
9
The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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  4. D.
10
Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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