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On what date did West Virginia enter the union?
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What was the nickname given to "Stonewall" Jackson's cousin William Lowther Jackson, who commanded the losing Confederate forces at the Battle of Droop Mountain?
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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 Confederate commander experienced a series of devastating military defeats in present West Virginia early in the Civil War?
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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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After the war, West Virginia chose this former "Stonewall" Jackson aide as its lawyer when the state argued before the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
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This key member of "Stonewall" Jackson's staff later surveyed and mapped much of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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