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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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Which one of the following Civil War-era federal laws led directly to the creation of West Virginia University?
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3
On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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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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5
A September 1862 victory here allowed the Confederates to retake the Kanawha Valley for a few weeks.
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The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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This key member of "Stonewall" Jackson's staff later surveyed and mapped much of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
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8
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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9
In which Eastern Panhandle city did Union troops win a victory after Confederates had burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1864?
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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