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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 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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People who took advantage of the Civil War to settle personal grievances or pusue personal gains were known as this.
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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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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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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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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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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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