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Civil War in West Virginia
Brave Men Wanted
The Soldiers
Harpers Ferry Armory and Arsenal
Philippi
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Medal of Honor Recipients from West Virginia
William Henry Powell (1862)
William H. Barringer (1863)
John C. Buckley (1863)
William Bumgarner (1863)
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Formation of West Virginia
Virginia Secedes from the United States
The Clarksburg Convention
The First Wheeling Convention
The Second Wheeling Convention
... 10 more
Colleges and Universities
West Liberty University
Bethany College
Greenbrier College for Women
Storer College
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Harpers Ferry
Floods
Jefferson Rock
Armory and Arsenal
John Brown
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Reconstruction
Freedmen's Bureau
Storer College
Black Education
Free Public Schools
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John Brown's Soldiers
Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson
Osborne Perry Anderson
Oliver Brown
Owen Brown
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John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
Who Was John Brown?
John Brown's Plan
The Kennedy Farm
The Raid Begins
... 9 more
Railroads
Building the Railroads
Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Northwestern Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)
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Notable Military Figures: The Civil War
John Echols, CSA (1823-1896)
Thomas Maley Harris, USA (1813–1906)
Milton Wiley Humphreys, CSA (1844–1928)
John D. Imboden, CSA (1823–1895)
... 12 more
Foodways
Wild Foods
Gathering
Hunting
Fishing
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Political History
Divisions over Slavery
Former Confederates Disenfranchised
Democrats Take Power and Adopt a New Constitution
Free Public Schools
... 13 more
West Virginia since 1945
Coal Mine Mechanization
Decline in Manufacturing
Civil Rights Movement
Growing Poverty
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