The mountain people in Virginia's western counties had always felt different to the rest of the state, and when Virginia narrowly voted Confederate, the Westerners planned to secede from Virginia.
There was only a little slavery in West Virginia, so it didn't worry Lincoln when they quit the Confederacy and joined the Union.
The mountain people in Virginia's western counties had always felt different to the rest of the state, and when Virginia narrowly voted Confederate, the Westerners planned to secede from Virginia. There was only a little slavery in West Virginia, so it didn't worry Lincoln when they quit the Confederacy and joined the Union.
West Virginia was pro Union during the Civil War.
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No. Civil unions are not recognized as marriages in West Virginia.
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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.
West Virginia was part of Virginia until the Civil War.
West Virginia was part of the Civil War. Many battles occurred in the state.
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Virginia wanted to!
West Virginia was a part of Virginia that was anti-slavery, so they created a border and West Virginia joined the Union.
That was West Virginia, which sceded from Virginia.