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In 1859, John Brown was at Harpers Ferry. From 1861 to 1865, the U.S. Civil War ran from Fort Sumpter on April 12, 1861, to Appomattox on April 9, 1865. In 1863, the State of West Virginia was born from the cauldron of war on June 20, 1863.
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