West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863.
When Virginia voted to secede from the Union in April 1861, The more Northern and western counties decided not to secede. So, they broke away from Virginia and formed their own state of West Virginia.
Half of Virginia wanted to fight with the Confederate States but the other half wanted to fight for the Union.
Virginia was split in two over the issue of slavery.
no one found West Virgina it was part of Virginia until the civil war. but the western part of Virginia then called Vandalia split cause they didn't want to split from the union but later became a state of the Confederacy
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Yes. After Virginia voted to secede from the USA, the Western counties voted to secede from Virginia. The state of West Virginia was admitted to the Union in 1863.
West Virginia was formed from a bunch of Union-loyal counties in northwest Virginia in 1861.
West Virginia split off from Virginia when Virginia seceded.
MAINE (from Massachusetts) and WEST VIRGINIA (split off from Virginia to join the Union side during the Civil War)
East Virginia- - - - There is a Virginia that was one of the original colonies and is still a state. In 1863 the state of WEST VIRGINIA split away from Virginia because Virginia was trying to split away from the United States back in the Civil War. Virginia approved of slavery, West Virginia's people did not approve of slavery and they broke away from Virginia during the civil war. But As far as an East Virginia - it does not exist - it has never existed, unless you asked the question for a joke perhaps? Mike - from Wheeling West Virginia
West Virginia split from Virginia at the start of the Civil War due to slavery, and Virginia became a part of the Confederacy while West Virginia remained in the Union.
West Virginia and Virginia split during the Civil War. Virginia had already joined the Confederacy. There was an attempt to form a State of Franklin out of North Carolina, but it failed.
Because the Western counties did not want Virginia to secede from the USA. Also the people of this mountain district had never got on well with the coastal communities. So they formed their own state of West Virginia, which broke away from the Confederacy and became part of the USA in 1863.
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