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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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One of the bloodiest battles of the first year of the war (1861) occurred here.
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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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Which one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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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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What surprising feat did McNeill's Rangers pull off near the end of the war in 1865?
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Where was the only naval battle fought in West Virginia during the Civil War?
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On April 25, 1863, Union forces held off four hours of assasults by Confederates at this site in current Grant County.
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A Fayette County town was later named for the leader of this Confederate unit.
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