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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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What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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Laura, the sister of this Civil War general, supposedly never spoke to her brother again after the Civil War began.
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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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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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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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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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This Union general from Ritchie County served on the commission that tried the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
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Which one of the following did NOT serve Western Virginia in the Confederate Congress?
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Of West Virginia's Civil War military regiments, which one earned the most Medals of Honor
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