They were mountain people who had simply never got on with the people from the coast and the valleys.
Also there was very little slavery there.
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession.
West Virginia was formed from fifty counties in Virginia that refused to secede from the United States. Virginia seceded, but West Virginia became a new state and joined the Union.
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In 1863, during the American Civil War, Virginia was a significant battleground, particularly with the ongoing conflict between Union and Confederate forces. The state was divided, with West Virginia separating from Virginia and becoming a Union state on June 20, 1863. This separation was fueled by differing attitudes towards slavery and the war, leading to a distinct political and social identity for the new state. The year marked a pivotal moment in the war and the eventual reconfiguration of state boundaries in the United States.
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.
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession.
West Virginia
At that time, western Virginia was against slavery while the rest of the state was for slavery.
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.
The looming US Civil War.
In the Western theatre, it was mostly in Tennessee. In the Eastern theatrem it was mostly in Virginia.
The Civil War caused Virginia to split into two separate states over the issue of slavery. When Virginia seceded from the Union in April 1861, the western region, which had a different economic structure and less reliance on slavery, opposed this decision. Consequently, in June 1863, the western part of Virginia was admitted to the Union as the new state of West Virginia. This split highlighted the deep divisions within the state regarding the institution of slavery.
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.
Stonewall Jackson was an American. He was born in western Virginia, a place that later became part of West Virginia. Many scholars like to speculate as to how the Civil War would have been different if Jackson hadn't died early in the conflict.
At one time, the State of Virginia reached to the Mississippi River, so several states used to be part of Virginia. During the Civil War, the Western counties of Virginia formed a separate state, West Virginia.