Sentence:  Virginia had a number of "<WSD>mosts</WSD>” that made it appealing, if not representative of all Confederate states: the most citizens among the Southern states; the most slaves; the most men under arms; the most famous Southern generals; the most fighting within its borders; the most divided by the war (what other Southern state lost a quarter of its territory and saw a new state created out of that former territory?); and the most damaged by the war. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A record-setting amount.