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West Virginia was admitted to the union of the United States of America on June 20, 1863.
West Virginia. It became a separate state in 1863, and re-joined he Union.
West Virginia is the state entered the Union during the Civil War. The exact date was on June 2, 1863.
Virginia was a Confederate state. The Union slave states were Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. In June 1863 West Virginia became the fifth Union slave state.
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession from the USA, and so they seceded from Virginia, forming their own Union state (which still practised slavery, though very little) in 1863.
The State of West Virginia, admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.
The state of West Virginia, composed of counties in Virginia which were opposed to its secession, joined the Union on June 20, 1863.
Counties in Northwestern Virginia seceded from the mother state and formed West Virginia. It achieved statehood June 20, 1863.
The Western counties, up in the mountains, where there had never been much slavery. They had always felt different from the coastal communities, and formed their own state of West Virginia.
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I believe that was West Viginia. This state separated from Virginia who joined the Confederate States. They chose not to secede but rather separated and formed a new state that became a "border state".
The state of West Virginia was split from Virginia in 1861 and became a state on June 20, 1863.
West Virginia was admitted to the union of the United States of America on June 20, 1863.
West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863.
West Virginia became a state on June 20th, 1863.West Virginia was admitted into the Union on June 20, 1863 becoming the 35th state to join the Union.
West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863.
It was declared a state of the Union in 1863.