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Which one of the following natural resources—found in many West Virginia caves—was used as a key ingredient in manufacturing gunpowder during the Civil War?
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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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Laura, the sister of this Civil War general, supposedly never spoke to her brother again after the Civil War began.
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On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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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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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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Who earned the Medal of Honor by defending Harpers Ferry during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign?
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