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Virginia had never been solidly pro-secession, and the Western counties in particular were against it. Also the Western counties had never been friendly to the coastal communities and the prospect of a separate state seemed attractive.

When the vote went pro-Confederate, the West made plans to secede from Virginia. This made a most welcome gift to Lincoln in 1863. It was a new state of the Union, still conducting slavery, but not on a big scale.

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