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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 Confederate commander experienced a series of devastating military defeats in present West Virginia early in the Civil War?
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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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Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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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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What surprising feat did McNeill's Rangers pull off near the end of the war in 1865?
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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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These Confederate guerrillas operated around the Little Kanawha River and drew most of their members from Calhoun County.
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