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When was the West Virginia Air National Guard formed?
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The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization established after this war.
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Darwin Kyle of Boone County earned the Medal of Honor for his sacrifice during this war.
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At the Battle of Point Pleasant, who was the overall leader of the Shawnee forces?
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During the Revolutionary War, this Wheeling fort was attacked in both 1777 and 1782.
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Pricketts Fort was located in what county?
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The Shawnees' capture of Mary Ingles and other activities in the mid-1700s led directly to this.
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He led the largest Allied daytime bombing raid during World War II, over Schweinfurt, Germany.
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What future Civil War leader led a small force of Marines in capturing John Brown at Harpers Ferry?
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The West Virginia section of Soldiers of the Great War features this person.
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