Jacob Blair and his two congressional colleagues met at the White House to discuss West Virginia admission into the Union with President Lincoln
President Lincoln decided in favor of statehood
George Imboden rose to the rank of colonel and took command of the of the 18th Virginia Calvary
The first school for black children, Sumner School, opened in Parkersburg.
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson based his forces in Berkeley Springs during his attack on Hancock, Maryland
Congress enacted the Morrill Act
Belle Boyd carried news of Union plans to Stonewall Jackson during the Shenandoah Valley campaign
John Carlile turned against statehood, which he had favored
John Echols served in the Kanawha Valley
John Hale served as a surgeon in the Civil War
A Natural gas well was first drilled in Hancock County
Nancy Hart was captured a second time as a rebel spy in Summersville
Collis P. Huntington persuaded Congress to designate the Central Pacific as the western half of the transcontinental railroad
Stonewall Jackson led a successful campaign in the Shenandoah Valley
Albert Jenkins was elected to the First Confederate Congress
Jacob Cox and men were driven out of the Kanawha Valley by Confederate advance led by Brig. Gen William W. Loring
Joseph Lightburn was ordered to Charleston
City of Logan was occupied and burned by Union forces under Col. Edward Siber
Company 1, 12th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry was organized in New Cumberland
The Point Pleasant Register was founded as a weekly
John Nugent was born in Wales
Federal troops occupied Raleigh County.
The Confederate Thurmond's Parisan Rangers raided in Fayette, Greenbrier and Monroe counties
Peter Van Winkle represented Wood County in Constitutional Convention
The Reorganized Government of Virginia added $40,000 for Weston State Hospital
