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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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In which county was the Union's Camp Piatt located?
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In 1862, thousands of recently freed enslaved people poured into this town and lived in tents.
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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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Which commander was in charge of Union troops at the Battle of Philippi?
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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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In which Eastern Panhandle city did Union troops win a victory after Confederates had burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1864?
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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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The "Bee Line March" from Shepherdstown was part of what war?
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