West Virginia In The Civil War

Author : Eric J. Wittenberg,Edmund A. Sargus,Penny L. Barrick
Publisher : Savas Beatie
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611215076

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Seceding from Secession by Eric J. Wittenberg,Edmund A. Sargus,Penny L. Barrick Pdf

A “thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening” account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war (Civil War News). “West Virginia was the child of the storm.” —Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. Lang As the Civil War raged, the northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union’s 35th state. Seceding from Secession chronicles those events in an unprecedented study of the social, legal, military, and political factors that converged to bring about the birth of West Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln, an astute lawyer in his own right, played a critical role in birthing the new state. The constitutionality of the mechanism by which the new state would be created concerned the president, and he polled every member of his cabinet before signing the bill. Seceding from Secession includes a detailed discussion of the 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision Virginia v. West Virginia, in which former Lincoln cabinet member Salmon Chase presided as chief justice over the court that decided the constitutionality of the momentous event. Grounded in a wide variety of sources and including a foreword by Frank J. Williams, former Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Chairman Emeritus of the Lincoln Forum, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in American history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:82380537

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West Virginia in the Civil War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark A. Snell
Publisher : Civil War
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 159629888X

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West Virginia and the Civil War by Mark A. Snell Pdf

The only state born as a result of the Civil War, West Virginia was the most divided state in the nation. About forty thousand of its residents served in the combatant forces about twenty thousand on each side. The Mountain State also saw its fair share of battles, skirmishes, raids and guerrilla warfare, with places like Harpers Ferry, Philippi and Rich Mountain becoming household names in 1861. When the Commonwealth of Virginia seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861, leaders primarily from the northwestern region of the state began the political process that eventually led to the creation of West Virginia on June 20, 1863. Renowned Civil War historian Mark A. Snell has written the first thorough history of these West Virginians and their civil war in more than fifty years.

Author : Richard A. Wolfe
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467120517

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West Virginia in the Civil War by Richard A. Wolfe Pdf

West Virginia in the Civil War chronicles the role West Virginians played in the Civil War through the use of vintage photograph West Virginia, Child of the Storm, was the only state formed as a result of the Civil War. West Virginia witnessed battles, engagements, and guerrilla actions during the four years of the Civil War. The struggle between eastern and western Virginia over voting rights, taxation, and economic development can be traced back to the formation of the Republic. John Brown's 1859 raid on the United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry played a major role in the Civil War, which started in western Virginia with the destruction of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad property. When Virginia voted to secede and join the slave-holding Confederacy, the counties of western Virginia formed the pro-Union government known as the Restored Government of Virginia in Wheeling. West Virginia in the Civil War chronicles the role West Virginians played in the Civil War through the use of vintage photographs.

Author : Tim McKinney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1942294220

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Civil War In Greenbrier County, West Virginia by Tim McKinney Pdf

This is the story of a place, and a war. It makes sense that this area would be of utmost significance in the Civil War, as it sits on the spot where Virginia was ripped apart to form two states. A place where the war "came early and stayed late." Although strong Union support characterized Greenbrier County before the war, the majority of its citizens sided with the South when forced to choose. Greenbrier County sent no delegates to the conventions that gave birth to the Reorganized Government of Virginia. It cast no votes for Abraham Lincoln. When war came, the county supported the Confederate military with money, arms and men. An estimated 2,000 men and boys from Greenbrier County wore Confederate gray. This number represented approximately 80% of the county's males of "military was strategically important to both sides. It was a gateway to northwestern Virginia, Ohio and the rich Shenandoah Valley. It was a base from which either side could attack, or defend, the vital railroads of southwestern Virginia and the prized salt mines of the Great Kanawha Valley. In the years after the war Greenbrier County played a prominent role in shaping the new nation. At a meeting in at the Greenbrier in 1868, General Lee and other prominent veterans from both sides signed the Greenbrier Manifesto, a document calling for reconciliation between the North and South. In this way, Greenbrier County--crossroads of a nation divided--became a conduit for lasting peace. Tim McKinney's detailed account of the battle of Lewisburg has eliminated many assumptions and implications of previous historians. His is the best and most complete history of the Civil War in Greenbrier County. Jack Dickinson, bibliographer of the Rosanna Blake Confederate Collection at Morrow Library, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. One of McKinney's favorite parts of the book explains how the now-famous resort, The Greenbrier, played a role in the war. The Sisters of Charity took care of countless wounded and sick soldiers there. McKinney discovered that one nun, Sister De Sales, worked in a ward set up in the resort's great ballroom. A dance program was still posted at its entrance, he writes: "It must have been an odd sight to have the fancy ballroom, elaborate hotel, and luxurious cottages in use as hospital wards. Where once laughter and joviality reigned supreme, were found the moans and pleading entreaties of men in various stages of life-threatening disease. The scarcity of food and basic needs was in contrast to prewar days of opulence and abundance." The resort's beautiful grounds, enlivened with paths bearing such names as Courtship Maze and Lovers Rest, were now dotted with small earthen mounds indicating where yet another mother's son was laid to rest. "Thus at White Sulphur Springs was found incongruity, tragedy and despair. That bleak first winter of the war at The Old White left indelible images upon the minds of all who witnessed it. Its echo still reverberates across the years. The seldom-visited graves of those poor soldiers who perished at the resort-turned-hospital can yet be found by the modern visitor." McKinney said most people are familiar with the blood spilled on the battlefields, but fewer people know about "the pain and sacrifice on the home front." Thanks to his research, he was able to find previously unpublished information about the role of the Sisters of Charity in White Sulphur Springs during the war. He also walks readers through places in Greenbrier County that still exist. Anyone interested in local Civil War history could use his book as a guide.

Author : Winthrop D. (Winthrop David) 1887 Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1360869409

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CIVIL WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA by Winthrop D. (Winthrop David) 1887 Lane Pdf

Author : David W. Mellott,Mark A. Snell
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700627530

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The Seventh West Virginia Infantry by David W. Mellott,Mark A. Snell Pdf

Though calling itself “The Bloody Seventh” after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War. Fighting in more battles and suffering more losses than any other West Virginia regiment, the unit was the most embattled Union regiment in the most divided state in the war. Its story, as it unfolds in this book, is a key chapter in the history of West Virginia, the only state created as a direct result of the Civil War. It is also the story of the citizen soldiers, most of them from Appalachia, caught up in the bloodiest conflict in American history. The Seventh West Virginia fought in the major campaigns in the eastern theater, from Winchester, Antietam, and Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Petersburg. Weaving military, social, and political history, The Seventh West Virginia Infantry details strategy, tactics, battles, campaigns, leaders, and the travails of the rank and file. It also examines the circumstances surrounding events, mundane and momentous alike such as the soldiers’ views on the Emancipation Proclamation, West Virginia Statehood, and Lincoln’s re-election. The product of decades of research, the book uses statistical analysis to profile the Seventh’s soldiers from a socio-economic, military, medical, and personal point of view; even as its authors consult dozens of primary sources, including soldiers’ living descendants, to put a human face on these “sons of the mountains.” The result is a multilayered view, unique in its scope and depth, of a singular Union regiment on and off the Civil War battlefield—its beginnings, its role in the war, and its place in history and memory.

Author : John W. Shaffer
Publisher : West Virginia & Appalachia
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004634595

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Clash of Loyalties by John W. Shaffer Pdf

A border county in a border state, Barbour County, West Virginia felt the full terror and tragedy of the Civil War. The wounds of the Civil War cut most bitterly in the border states, that strip of America from Maryland to Kansas, where conflicting loyalties and traditions ripped apart communities, institutions, and families. Barbour County, in the mountainous Northwest of (West) Virginia, is a telling microcosm of the deep divisions which both caused the war and were caused by it. By examining and interpreting long-ignored documents of the times and the personal accounts of the people who were there, Clash of Loyalties offers a startling new view of America's most bitter hour. Nearly half of the military-age men in the county served in the armed forces, almost perfectly divided between the Union and the Confederacy. After West Virginia split with Virginia to rejoin the Union, Confederate soldiers from the regions could not safely visit their homes on furlough, or even send letters to their families. The county's two leading political figures, Samuel Woods and Spencer Dayton, became leaders of the fight for and against secession, dissolved their close personal friendship, and never spoke to one another again. The two factions launched campaigns of terror and intimidation, leading to the burning of several homes, the kidnapping of a sheriff, the murder of a pacifist minister, and the self-imposed exile of many of the county's influential families. The conflicting loyalties crossed nearly all social and economic lines; even the county's slave owners were evenly divided between Union and Confederate sympathies. With a meticulous examination of census and military records, geneologies, period newspapers, tax rolls, eyewitness accounts, and other relevant documents, Clash of Loyalties presents a compelling account of the passion and violence which tore apart Barbour County and the nation.

Author : Clint Johnson
Publisher : John F. Blair, Publisher
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Battlefields
ISBN : 089587184X

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Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites by Clint Johnson Pdf

To most history travelers, Virginia is the Civil War. It is the state where the Battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, the Wilderness, and Manassas took place. The city of Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy. Appomattox saw the surrender of Lee to Grant. The campaigns that were fought here were led by some of the war's most visible leaders -- Lee, Jackson, Grant, Meade, Sheridan, Stuart, Mosby.This guide also includes West Virginia, which was created from a section of Virginia early in the war.

Author : David L. Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0962821810

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War Stories by David L. Phillips Pdf

Author : Winthrop David Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89058503400

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Civil War in West Virginia by Winthrop David Lane Pdf

Author : Winthrop D. Lane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0649028155

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Civil War in West Virginia by Winthrop D. Lane Pdf

Author : Summers County Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942294182

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The Civil War in Summers County, West Virginia by Summers County Historical Society Pdf

Author : Winthrop D 1887-1962 Lane
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298576970

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Civil War in West Virginia by Winthrop D 1887-1962 Lane Pdf

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Author : Stan Cohen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004925502

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The Civil War in West Virginia by Stan Cohen Pdf