Claim: The Civil War closed the often financially challenged school, Marshall University, for much of the 1860s, and in 1863, Cabell County, Virginia was separated from Virginia, and the college fell within the new state of West Virginia.
Evidence: The Civil War closed the often financially challenged school for much of the 1860s. On June 20, 1863, Cabell County, Virginia, was one of the 50 counties separated from Virginia at the height of the American Civil War to form the State of West Virginia, and the college fell within the new state.