[Verginius Rufus]

I think a lot of the counties in what is now the southern part of West Virginia did not participate in the 1864 election—since the people there still thought of themselves as part of Virginia. I had distant cousins who lived in that area during the war and served in Confederate units.

[rustbucket]

I think a lot of the counties in what is now the southern part of West Virginia did not participate in the 1864 election—since the people there still thought of themselves as part of Virginia. I had distant cousins who lived in that area during the war and served in Confederate units.

Thanks. I didn't know about the 1864 election. This summer by chance I drove through two counties that were the subject of Virginia v. West Virginia (1871), Berkeley and Jefferson. I had just finished touring the Antietam/Sharpsburg battleground. It's pretty up there.