The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War, in which it became the only modern state to have declared its in
Views in and Around Martinsburg, Virginia by A. R. Waud (Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864)
West Virginia delegate votes and signatures at the Richmond convention, April 17, 1861
October 24, 1861 county vote for West Virginia statehood
Confederate Memorial, Romney.
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West Virginia is a mountainous, landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast,
West Virginia in the American Civil War
…The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it…
Thomas Lee, the first manager of the Ohio Company of Virginia
Harpers Ferry alternated between Confederate and Union rule eight times during the American Civil War, and was finally annexed by West Virginia.
Historical coat of arms of West Virginia (illustrated, 1876)