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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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Laura, the sister of this Civil War general, supposedly never spoke to her brother again after the Civil War began.
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This Shepherdstown native supposedly convinced "Stonewall" Jackson not to quit the Confederate army in 1862.
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Upshur County native Sirene Bunten was this age when she started keeping a diary documenting the Civil War in her region.
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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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Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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Ths one-time friend of "Stonewall" Jackson led Union forces at the Battle of Charleston in 1862.
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Confederate General Albert Gallatin Jenkins's Cabell County home was known as this.
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These Confederate guerrillas operated around the Little Kanawha River and drew most of their members from Calhoun County.
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