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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 one of the following towns was named for a Civil War general from present West Virginia?
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Which one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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Upshur County native Sirene Bunten was this age when she started keeping a diary documenting the Civil War in her region.
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The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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This former Virginia governor was on the losing Confederate side at the Battle of Carnifex Ferry in 1861.
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Confederate spy Nancy Hart helped troops capture this city in 1862.
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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 Civil War battlefield is home to Pierson Hollow, which features old-growth hemlocks hundreds of years old?
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