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On what date did West Virginia enter the union?
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Which one of the following towns was named for a Civil War general from present West Virginia?
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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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This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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Ths one-time friend of "Stonewall" Jackson led Union forces at the Battle of Charleston in 1862.
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Which one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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Which Civil War battlefield is home to Pierson Hollow, which features old-growth hemlocks hundreds of years old?
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Who was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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