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What was the nickname given to "Stonewall" Jackson's cousin William Lowther Jackson, who commanded the losing Confederate forces at the Battle of Droop Mountain?
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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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The Atheneum was a prison for Confederate soldiers located in this city.
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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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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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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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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 one of the following is NOT true about Confederate General John McCausland of Mason County?
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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