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Which Cabell County native served in the U.S. and Confederate congresses and then as a Confederate brigadier general?
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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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People who took advantage of the Civil War to settle personal grievances or pusue personal gains were known as this.
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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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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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In which Eastern Panhandle city did Union troops win a victory after Confederates had burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1864?
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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