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Which Cabell County native served in the U.S. and Confederate congresses and then as a Confederate brigadier general?
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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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On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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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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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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This was the name given to Northern Democrats who supported the Union cause but not the abolition of slavery and many other measures they considered unconstitutional.
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At the 1862 Battle of Fayetteville, this Greenbrier County native set a precedent for modern warfare by firing his artillery at targets hs could not directly see.
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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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On April 25, 1863, Union forces held off four hours of assasults by Confederates at this site in current Grant County.
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Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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