Virginia v. West Virginia

John Carlile helped organize First Wheeling Convention

Meetings held to organize a loyal Unionist government for Virginia headquartered at Wheeling

Union regiment established Camp Buffalo

The office of the Parkersburg News was destroyed by a crowd of pro-Union men.

Virginia voters approved the Secession Ordinance.

Alexander Withers was selected as a delegate to the first Wheeling Convention

A Union advance guard was attacked near Camp Creek, but their Confederate attackers were driven back

Union troops left Fayetteville and marched south.

Arthur Boreman was elected first governor of West Virginia

Wheeling first became the state capital

Arthur Boreman's inaugural address in Wheeling

First West Virginia capitol in Linsly Institute building

Fort Logan changed name to Fort Boreman

Granville Davisson Hall was elected the first clerk of the House of Delegates

The First West Virginia legislature met in Wheeling

Legislature made plans to establish a federal land grant college under terms of Morrill Act in Monongalia County

West Virginia became a state

Storer College in Harpers Ferry, begun by the Freewill Baptist Church, to educate black teachers

Ratification of 13th Amendment by West Virginia

John Appleton moved to Kanawha County

13 Banks had become national banks

The Baptist General Association of West Virginia (West Virginia Baptist Convention) formed

Rosser's Raid occurred on Beverly

Belle Boyd wrote Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison in London

Waitman T. Willey senate term as first West Virginia senator ended

Provision included in Constitution of 1851 calling for the General Assembly to reapportion representation in both houses

John Dickinson came to Kanawha County

Anne Dudley arrived in West Virginia to teach freed blacks

Fairmont State University was formed as West Virginia's first private normal school

Aretas Fleming married Carrie M. Watson

Joseph Diss Debar appointed an agent in southern Germany

Nathan Goff married Laura E. Despard

Grafton National Cemetery was established for Civil War dead

The Easton Roller Mill replaced overshot water wheel

Reckart's Mill was built in Preston county

Visitor stated about Harpers Ferry, "all about the town are rubbish, filth, and stench."

Chester Hubbard began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives

John Jacob returned to Romney

George Latham served as congressman for the Second District of West Virginia

Joseph Lightburn returned to duty after being wounded in Sherman's advance on Atlanta

The Logan Wildcats were active in the Shenandoah Valley campaign

The city of Boone Court House changed its name to Madison

Booker T. Washington arrived in Malden with his family to work in the salt industry and local coal mines

Two additional dams were built on the Monongahela River

The army recruiting and training center at Camp Carlisle ceased

The Campbell's Creek Coal Company began shipping coal down the Kanawha River from Port Amherst

Samuel Price was appointed circuit judge in Lewisburg but declined to take office

A narrow-gauge railroad was built to Ritchie Mines

Ritchie Mines was bought

Union authorities moved Jefferson County seat from Charles Town to Shepherdstown

The Wheeling interurban system began operation

The National Banking Act was amended to allow state banks to become national banks

Jim Vance was suspected in the murder of Harmon McCoy

The formal organizing of Webster County took place

The state superintendent called a state convention of teachers to meet in Fairmont, founding the West Virginia Education Association