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How did the people of western Virginia respond to Virginias secession from the union?
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During the American Civil War, the majority of Americans living in the north-and-western portions of Virginia were opposed to slavery. As a result, when Virginia seceded from the Union in April of 1861, they acted to secede from Virginia itself and ally themselves with the North. Their successful actions resulted in the creation of a new American state, West Virginia.
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What Virginia event helped the Union?
The secession of the Western Counties of Virginia from the Confederate State of Virginia.
Was West Virginia the first state seceded from the country?
No, that was South Carolina. West Virginia was a new state formed from the Western counties of Virginia, which had voted solidly against secession, and broke away from Virginia to join the USA in 1863.
What were Robert E. Lees war beliefs?
Principally he wanted to defend his home-state of Virginia, even though he disapproved of secession. He seems to have underestimated the importance of the Western theatre. At the surrender, he told his men to go home peacefully and not listen to some officers who were urging guerrilla warfare.
How did Confederate President Jefferson Davis attempt to protect western Virginia?
Jefferson Davis was well aware of potential problems in western Virginia. To protect Virginia from Union intrusions from the north or the west, he assigned General Henry Wise , a former governor of Virginia, to take command of troops in the Kenawha Valley. Later generals Garnett and Lee would unsuccessfully defend western Virginia. During the course of the war, West Virginia was created from that part of Virginia.
Who was the Founder of West Virginia?
The exact founders are not known but there were several pioneering families, perhaps the most famous of whom were John and Andrew Lewis who farmed and surveyed in the area that is Now Greenbrier county a half century before the L&C expedition of 1804-1806.
How did the people of western Virginia respond to Virginia's secession?
Straight from the book : In western Virginia a movement to secede from the state and rejoin the Union grew. In 1861, 48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called West Virginia.
What Virginia event helped the Union?
The secession of the Western Counties of Virginia from the Confederate State of Virginia.
How did civil war bring about the creation of west virginia?
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession.
Why were people in the western counties of Virginia against secession?
because of pirate booty
How did Virginia react to the secession of western counties?
With military force in a failed effort to drive out the Yankees.
What is West Virginia derived from?
The Western counties of Virginia, which did not approve of the secession of Virginia, and voted to break away to form a separate state, joining the Union in 1863.
Why did west virginia become its own state?
Because the mountain people in the Western counties did not think that Virginia should have seceded from the USA. So they seceded from Virginia.
How was West Virginia found?
during the civil war, the western part of virginia didnt agree with virginias decision to be part of the confederacy and to have slavery. so they broke off from virginia to form their own state of "west virginia", and they joined the union
Why did Virginia want to join the union?
The state of Virginia split over the issue of secession. The Virginians who lived in the western part of the state were unanimously against splitting from the union, while the rest of the state wanted secession. So strong was this belief, that the western portion of the state seceded from Virginia, and the state of West Virginia was formed.
Was West Virginia the first state seceded from the country?
No, that was South Carolina. West Virginia was a new state formed from the Western counties of Virginia, which had voted solidly against secession, and broke away from Virginia to join the USA in 1863.
How did the people of western Virginia respond to Virginia is sEcession the union?
because of pirate booty
What state had it's boundries changed when the eastern states joined the Confederacy?
Virginia had it's boundaries change. The western counties did not agree with secession, so "seceded" from the state, forming "West Virginia".
