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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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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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A September 1862 victory here allowed the Confederates to retake the Kanawha Valley for a few weeks.
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This former Virginia governor was on the losing Confederate side at the Battle of Carnifex Ferry in 1861.
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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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During an 1862 raid, this Cabell County general became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil.
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Ths one-time friend of "Stonewall" Jackson led Union forces at the Battle of Charleston in 1862.
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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