[DOC] [TLE] History of West Virginia - Wikipedia [PAR] During the American Civil War, West Virginia suffered comparatively little. ... In 
1863, General John D. Imboden, with 5,000 Confederates, overran a ... Estimates 
of the numbers of soldiers from the state, Union and Confederate, ... (Five more 
counties were formed later, to result in the current 55). [DOC] [TLE] West Virginia in the American Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to 
the Union as a ... Union troops also held the three northernmost counties in the 
Shenandoah Valley, and despite the pro-secession ... On 20 June 1863, the 
newly proclaimed state of West Virginia was admitted to the Union, including all 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Confederate States of America - Wikipedia [PAR] The Confederate States, officially the Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.
), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was a confederation of secessionist 
American states existing from 1861 to 1865. It was originally formed by seven 
slave states  South Carolina, Mississippi, .... A Unionist government in western 
parts of Virginia organized the new state... [DOC] [TLE] West Virginia created by secession from Southern Confederate state ... [PAR] On October 24 of that year, residents of 39 counties in western Virginia approved 
the formation of a new Unionist state. The accuracy of these election results... [DOC] [TLE] 8 Things You May Not Know About West Virginia - History in the ... [PAR] Jun 20, 2013 ... On June 20, 1863, West Virginia gained admission to the Union as the country's 
35th state. ... The schism that split the United States in two during the Civil War 
did the ... In the wake of Virginia's secession, a convention of delegates from ... of 
forming the State of Kanawha, which incorporated 39 counties. [DOC] [TLE] Confederate States of America - American Civil War - HISTORY.com [PAR] Formed in February 1861, the Confederate States of America was a republic 
composed of ... states that seceded from the Union in order to preserve slavery, 
states' rights, and ... The main western Confederate forces-commanded by 
Generals Albert ... The next resort, paper money, stimulated inflation, and on April 
24, 1863,... [DOC] [TLE] Virginia's great divorce | HistoryNet [PAR] Mar 5, 2013 ... August 1863 map of Virginia, showing the new boundaries of West Virginia. ... An 
ad hoc delegation from 27 western Virginia counties assembled at Wheeling in 
.... westerners should take steps for forming a new State in the Union. ... of the 
Confederate states before the May 23 referendum on secession. [DOC] [TLE] Statehood for West Virginia: An Illegal Act? [PAR] The original State of Virginia was a state zealously sought by both the Federal 
Government and the emerging Confederacy prior to the outbreak of ... formed 
West Virginia, 32 voted against secession.3 The pro-Union delegates returned to 
their ... Actual statehood did not occur until June 20, 1863 but the creation of West
... [DOC] [TLE] West Virginia, Creation of - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Apr 16, 2009 ... From the first political rumblings of new-state advocates at the turn of ... 
conventions held from 1861 until 1863, the creation of West Virginia was a ... 
including nineteen additional western counties and state funds for internal 
improvements. ... and produced the Clarksburg Resolutions denouncing 
secession... [DOC] [TLE] Virginia-West Virginia Boundary - Virginia Places [PAR] In contrast to the creation of Kentucky, the formation of West Virginia was more 
acrimonious. After Virginia seceded from the Union, the western counties 
essentially seceded from .... The former Confederate state was organized as 
Military District No. ..... Though the May 28, 1863 election in Berkeley and 
Jefferson counties... [DOC] [TLE] Confederate States of America - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Seven states seceded by March 1861: ... United States and declared that the 
Confederate States of America was formed ... Virginia seceded from Virginia, 
claiming 48 counties, and joined the United States in 1863 as the state of West 
Virginia, with a constitution... [DOC] [TLE] The Thirty-Fifth Star: The Civil War in

Question: Western counties in a Confederate state seceded & formed this state in 1863
Answer: West Virginia