Civil War soldiers served about equally in numbers for both the Union and the Confederates. The 22nd Virginia Infantry CSA for example was commanded by George S. Patton of the WWII Patton genealogy and the 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment was a part of the famous Stonewall Brigade. Stonewall Jackson himself was a West Virginian.
West Virginia was pro Union during the Civil War.
West Virginia was part of the Civil War. Many battles occurred in the state.
Before it became a state during the Civil War, West Virginia was made up of the western 49 counties of Virginia, which seceded from Virginia (and the Confederacy) in 1862.
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Virginia wanted to!
West Virginia
Before the Civil War, the state of West Virginia was part of Virginia. Unionists did not support the Confederacy and established West Virginia in 1863.
They are directly related. No Civil War, no secesion and there would be no West Virginia. Maybe,
West Virginia
Yes- up until the Civil War.
West Virginia was part of Virginia until the Civil War.
Virginia was the confederate state that was primarily the battleground in the civil war in the west. IMPROVEMENT. Tennessee was the primary battleground of the Civil War in the West.