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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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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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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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A September 1862 victory here allowed the Confederates to retake the Kanawha Valley for a few weeks.
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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 Union general from Ritchie County served on the commission that tried the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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These Confederate guerrillas operated around the Little Kanawha River and drew most of their members from Calhoun County.
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