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Which one of the following towns was named for a Civil War general from present West Virginia?
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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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On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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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 key member of "Stonewall" Jackson's staff later surveyed and mapped much of the southern West Virginia coalfields.
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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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What is West Virginia's most visited historic site?
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Which Wayne County congressman organized a Union military unit in his region?
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