Convention changed the name to West Virginia and added five counties
Two large rooms on the second floor of the Atheneum Prison were rented by the government for use as winter quarters for secessionist prisoners held at Camp Carlile on Wheeling Island
There were six Baptists associations in West Virginia with almost 7,000 members
Jacob Blair was an ardent Unionist when the Civil War broke out
Navigational improvements made to the Coal River in the late 1850s were largely lost in the great flood
Presidency Lincoln appointed Archibald Campbell postmaster of the Wheeling Post Office
Ceredo became Union stronghold
Start of Civil War, Confederate attempts to secure the Kanawha Valley failed
Nearly all parts of the present state were fully occupied by the filling out of the county settlement pattern
Martin Delany published Blake: or, The Huts of America
Bethany's Delta Tau Delta founding members graduated or left for service
William Dickinson Jr. came to Kanawha
John Echols was commissioned lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army
Daniel Farnsworth served in Second Wheeling Convention to create the Reorganized Government of Virginia
Charles Faulkner delivered his last report to Secretary of State William Seward
Granville Davisson Hall returned to record the proceedings of the Wheeling Convention
Hancock County voters rejected the Virginia secession ordinance
Harpers Ferry Armory and Arsenal was destroyed
Nancy Hart was captured as a rebel spy in Braxton County
Devil Anse Hatfield married Levicy Chafin
John Imboden commanded a light battery at the initial capture of Harpers Ferry
William Thomas Bland was born
John Jay Jackson Jr. took a strong stand for the Union in the decision over secession
Mudwall Jackson engaged the Wood County militia colonel in a fist-fight at Parkersburg's Jail House Riots
Stonewall Jackson sided with Virginia in secession
Job's temple was constructed
The Civil War came to Keyser with the building of Fort Fuller
George Latham's Company B. 2nd Virginia Infantry was ordered to stay in Grafton to vote against Virginia's Ordinance of Secession before leaving for battle
Joseph Lightburn went to Wheeling
A flood destroyed the locks and dams on the Guyandotte River
Daniel Lucas served Confederate Gen. Henry A Wise in the Kanawha Valley campaign
John McCausland organized and took command of the 36th Virginia when Virginia seceded
A group of Moccasin Rangers captured Ripley and looted the town
The Union Academy was closed
Allen Taylor Caperton first served as senator to the Confederate States of America
Anna Jarvis' home was headquarters for Union Gen. George B. McClellan
The first refinery was built in Parkersburg
Camp Carlisle became a major army recruiting and training center
Pocahontas County suddenly became part of the front line of the Civil War
Z. D. Ramsdell became captain of the 5th Virginia Regiment.
Randolph County voted in favor of secession when Virginia left the Union
Johnson Newlon Camden and John Jay Jackson Sr. brought in "The Eternal Center" well
Jesse Reno was called east to command a brigade.
William Starke Rosecrans drove Confederate forces from West Virginia
William Stevenson represented Wood County at the first constitutional convention
Peter Van Winkle served in the Second Wheeling Convention
Peter Van Winkle was a member of the Governor's Council of the Reorganized Government of Virginia
Peter Van Winkle represented Wood County in West Virginia's Constitutional Convention
James O. Watson served as a delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention
The constitutional convention for West Virginia met at the Wheeling Custom House
Voters west of the Allegheny Mountains rejected Virginia's secession from the U.S.
Alexander Withers moved to Parkersburg
Federal forces were stationed in Wood County
