Seceding from Secession

The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union’s 35th state. The authors chronicle these events in an unprecedented study of the social, legal, military, and political factors that converged to bring about the birth of the West Virginia.

"Virginia de Vest a fost copilul furtunii", a concluzionat istoricul primar alpinist si veteran al razboiului civil, maiorul Theodore F.