West Virginia was pro Union during the Civil War.
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 split off from Virginia when Virginia seceded.
West Virginia was formed from a bunch of Union-loyal counties in northwest Virginia in 1861.
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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
MAINE (from Massachusetts) and WEST VIRGINIA (split off from Virginia to join the Union side during the Civil War)
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.
That was West Virginia, which sceded from Virginia.
West Virginia was a part of Virginia that was anti-slavery, so they created a border and West Virginia joined the Union.
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The Western Counties of Virginia were not happy about Virginia seceding from the USA. So they seceded from Virginia in 1863, at the height of the American Civil War. It was a welcome gift to Lincoln of a new state loyal to the Union, and one down to the Confederates. Ironically, the Eastern counties of West Virginia were not too happy, and considered seceding from West Virginia!