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On what date did West Virginia enter the union?
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What was the nickname given to "Stonewall" Jackson's cousin William Lowther Jackson, who commanded the losing Confederate forces at the Battle of Droop Mountain?
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Which one of the following Civil War-era federal laws led directly to the creation of West Virginia University?
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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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The Atheneum was a prison for Confederate soldiers located in this city.
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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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This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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The first Confederate general to die in action was killed at this battle.
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Confederate spy Nancy Hart helped troops capture this city in 1862.
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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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