How West Virginia almost formed one hundred years early
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginia was famously formed amidst the turmoil of the Civil War in 1863, but there were ...
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West Virginia
the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during ...