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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 Cabell County native served in the U.S. and Confederate congresses and then as a Confederate brigadier general?
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Which one of the following natural resources—found in many West Virginia caves—was used as a key ingredient in manufacturing gunpowder during the Civil War?
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Which one of the following Civil War-era federal laws led directly to the creation of West Virginia University?
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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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Laura, the sister of this Civil War general, supposedly never spoke to her brother again after the Civil War began.
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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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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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What surprising feat did McNeill's Rangers pull off near the end of the war in 1865?
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Who earned the Medal of Honor by defending Harpers Ferry during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign?
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