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On what date did West Virginia enter the union?
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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 one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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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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A September 1862 victory here allowed the Confederates to retake the Kanawha Valley for a few weeks.
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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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During an 1862 raid, this Cabell County general became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of the 1863 Confederate Jones-Imboden Raid?
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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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Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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