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The largest surrender of U.S. forces during the Civil War occurred in what present West Virginia town?
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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 one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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4
This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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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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During an 1862 raid, this Cabell County general became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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