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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 was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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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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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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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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This Confederate general from Monroe County accompanied Confederate President Jefferson Davis on his escape after Richmond fell.
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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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The grandfather of which World War II general formed the Confederate Kanawha Riflemen and led them into battle at Scary Creek.
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Who was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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