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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 one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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Upshur County native Sirene Bunten was this age when she started keeping a diary documenting the Civil War in her region.
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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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Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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This was the name given to Northern Democrats who supported the Union cause but not the abolition of slavery and many other measures they considered unconstitutional.
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The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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This Confederate general from Monroe County accompanied Confederate President Jefferson Davis on his escape after Richmond fell.
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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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