The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of...

The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state...

Unionists in the border states organized political parties to oppose secession from the United States during the American Civil War. They extended critical...

no fewer than 10 times during the American Civil War, assuming the occupying force spent at least one night in the town. (Oral tradition and an erroneous...

The eastern theater of the American Civil War consisted of the major military and naval operations in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland...

Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...

The city of Winchester, Virginia, and the surrounding area, were the site of numerous battles during the American Civil War, as contending armies strove...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

example, the Old West subperiod is sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to when the Superintendent...

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the American Civil War: American Civil War – civil war in the United States of...

raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory in a doomed effort to start a slave rebellion in Virginia and across the South. During the American Civil War, the town...

The Battle of Philippi formed part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War and was fought in and around Philippi, Virginia (now West...

the Ordinance of Secession that Virginia made during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It became one of two American states that formed during the American...

In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states or the Border South were four, later five, slave states in the Upper South that primarily supported...

Events leading to the American Civil War Northwest Ordinance Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions End of Atlantic slave trade Missouri Compromise Tariff of...

West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia to join the Union, provided the following units to the Union Army during the American Civil War. Units raised...

a town in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester...

called the "Father of West Virginia," was an American lawyer and politician who achieved prominence during the American Civil War. During the conflict's...

Kentucky or Virginia. The list of West Virginia Civil War Union units is shown separately. 2nd Virginia Infantry (Berkeley, Jefferson) 7th Virginia Infantry...

border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by...

town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV metropolitan statistical area. The population was 716 at the 2020...

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Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union forces in western Virginia in June 1861...

America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the...

The Army of West Virginia served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was the primary field army of the Department of West Virginia. It...

Pocahontas County, Virginia (present-day West Virginia) as part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. In mid-September 1861 Confederate troops...

during the American Civil War. West Virginia's first official state flag was adopted in 1905, based upon the flag designed and used by the West Virginia State...

of Virginia, which voted to secede from the state after Virginia joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the American Civil War on...

Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 8, 1861, before that date the capital...

The bibliography of the American Civil War comprises books that deal in large part with the American Civil War. There are over 60,000 books on the war...