yes Nevada joined the union only to become a state. very few soldiers came from Nevada. there were many supporters of the confederacy in Nevada. specially in Virginia city, Reno area and las Vegas.
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West Virginia was originally part of the State of Virginia. After Virginia seceded and joined the Confederacy, West Virginia seceded from Virginia and joined the Union as a new State.
California and Nevada could be joined and become a state. Yes it is possible. Will it happen? No. Both now have two senators. If they joined they would lose two senators. They would lose power. That will not happen. California is now broke. If Nevada joined California the people of Nevada would need to help pay debts they had no part in creating. A number of California retirees receive much larger pensions than their equivalents in Nevada. The people of Nevada would not want to pay them.
The state of West Virginia was split from Virginia in 1861 and became a state on June 20, 1863.
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The secession of 7 slave states (confederacy) resulted in the start of American Civil war in 1861. Virginia also joined the Confederacy but the Union government in Western Virginia separated from Virginia and a new state, West Virginia was considered which joined Union.
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.
Virginia was the 10th state to join the union which happened on June 25, 1788
The state that joined the United States on Halloween day is Nevada and that's why they celebrate their states birthday, and on Halloween. So practically, they have two Halloween days.