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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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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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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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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 Wayne County congressman organized a Union military unit in his region?
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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Which Civil War battlefield is home to Pierson Hollow, which features old-growth hemlocks hundreds of years old?
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Who earned the Medal of Honor by defending Harpers Ferry during Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign?
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Who was the first West Virginian to earn the Medal of Honor during the Civil War
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