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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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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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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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What surprising feat did McNeill's Rangers pull off near the end of the war in 1865?
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In which Eastern Panhandle city did Union troops win a victory after Confederates had burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1864?
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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