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• Loring Raid

  Within a few months after the beginning of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, federal forces had occupied the strategic … Valley. Robert E. Lee, seeking to bring the war to a decisive end, took his army …

• Daniel Bedinger Lucas

  … Lucas moved to Richmond before the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. When the war began, he served with Confederate Gen. … Lucas remained in Canada until after the war ended. Shortly after Lee’s surrender …

• Mannington

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/336 civil engineer, in 1854. The arrival in … supported the Union during the "Civil War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … O brought military attention early in the war, with a Union regiment establishing Camp …

• Confederate Soldiers in West Virginia

  West Virginia is the only state born out of the Civil War, and its allegiances were severely divided by the conflict. Many residents served the Confederate cause, a majority of them joining the Virginia forces mobilized by Gov. …

• Medal of Honor

  … on July 12, 1862, during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … to West Virginia soldiers during the war; however, these additional men resided in … , 1898, during the "Spanish-American War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Martinsburg

  … By the time of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … population of 3,364. During the war, the B&O suffered … was quick to recover after the war, with a new roundhouse being … section of Berkeley County. After World War II, change came to the …

• The Constitution of West Virginia

  … accepted the condition, thus enabling West Virginia to become the 35th state later that year. After the Civil War ended in April 1865, the West Virginia legislature adopted an array of ‘‘loyalty’’ requirements and …

• Constitutional Convention of 1872

  In the bitter aftermath of the Civil War, ex-Confederates were initially denied key political rights, … . A fortress bill of rights maintained the supremacy of individual civil rights in peace and war. Oral voting was an option to the ballot. The convention …

• Henry Mason Mathews

  … . Between 1857 and the outbreak of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, Mathews practiced law in " … boys. The couple had five children. When the Civil War erupted, Mathews enlisted as a private in …

• Copperhead Movement

  In the colorful jargon of the Civil War, the ‘‘Copperheads’’ were Northern Democrats who supported the war, but with some reservations. They opposed what … to win any major concessions during the Civil War, Curry concludes that an alliance …

• Battle of Corricks Ford

  The Battle of Corricks Ford saw the first general officer killed in the Civil War, Confederate Gen. Robert S. Garnett. Cut off by the "Rich Mountain defeat":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/78 of Col …

• McLure Hotel

  … posts. The McLure was one of the largest and best hotels in the region, and during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 hosted Generals Frémont, Rosecrans, Sherman, and Grant. The …

• Newspapers

  … for months. Notable developments after the Civil War made newspaper publishing more lucrative … competition for readers and advertisers. World War I brought more expensive paper, … weeklies continued to decline after the war. West Virginia’s slow population …

• Nicholas County

  … 1861 that proved to be an early turning point in the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … for the early part of the war. In October, "Robert E. … him dead and escaped. After the war, she returned to neighboring Greenbrier County …

• Wills De Hass

  … -known work, _History of the Early Settlement_ and _Indian Wars of Western Virginia_, which was first published in … recruited the 77th Ohio Regiment from border counties of Virginia and Ohio as the Civil War commenced, and he supported the formation of the …

• Old Stone Presbyterian Church

  … as pastor for more than six decades. The church escaped damage during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, … the south wall of the church. After the war, 95 soldiers were reburied in a common grave …

• Memorial Day

  … Day tradition originated during and soon after the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 when women, perhaps first in the … decorate the graves of fallen soldiers. At the war’s end the practice was adopted by the …

• John Hunt Oley

  … He was born in Utica, New York. At the outset of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, Oley served with the 7th … a brevet brigadier general in 1865. After the war, Oley lived in Charleston and was appointed …

• Mercer County

  … . The county was named for Revolutionary War Gen. Hugh Mercer. "Princeton": … sectional tensions that brought on the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the county’s history occurred after the Civil War, as railroads and coal mining …

• Mineral County

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/152 before the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … part of Hampshire County. Following the war, in 1866, the new county was … during the "French and Indian War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Parkersburg News and Sentinel

  … and surrounding areas seven days a week. The first _Parkersburg News_ began publication before the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193. An early editor and proprietor, Charles Rhoads, …

• Paw Paw

  … east of town during the "French and Indian War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2069. The … became Camp Chase, a federal camp during the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 where more than 16,000 Union soldiers …

• George William Peterkin

  … enter the Episcopal priesthood when the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … a lieutenant for the duration of the war and was present at Appomattox, … during the surrender ceremonies. After the war, Peterkin graduated from the Theological …

• Philippi

  … .org/articles/1846 of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1125. Civil War encounters in Philippi are reenacted … 1990 and is part of the National Civil War Discovery Trail. The courthouse, …

• Battle of Philippi

  With the beginning of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … dawn on June 3, 1861, the first land battle of the Civil War involving organized troops took place … necessitating the first amputations of the Civil War. One of the amputees was …