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To: MCF

They blew that one off to make West Virginia in 1863.


51 posted on 04/13/2018 7:26:16 AM PDT by L,TOWM (Having fun in unapproved ways since 1962)
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To: L,TOWM
No, not really. Virginia had seceded from the Union so was not part U.S. The people of what is now WV asked to be admitted as a separate State rather then go with the Confederacy.
56 posted on 04/13/2018 8:35:14 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
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