The Battle of Droop Mountain, the largest and bloodiest WV Civil War battle
The Droop Mountain Battlefield became the first West Virginia State Park and part of the Civil War Discovery Trail, now known ...
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Unique northern panhandle of West Virginia created by historic dispute
The, in 1776, Virginia created three new counties—Ohio, Monongalia, and Yohogania. Yohogania would have taken up Hancock and ...
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Oklahoma woman’s Civil War-era family treasures return to West Virginia home
So in November 2023, Cole and her brother, Jon, visited Moorefield, West Virginia. At the time of the Civil War, it was ...
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This week in West Virginia history
The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history ... Caperton served in the Confederate Senate during ...
The westernmost point of West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Parts of Virginia may be more west than the ... reflecting its proximity to the Civil War era Fort ...
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Former West Virginia Jail Officers Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violation in Fatal Assault on Inmate
Former West Virginia Jail Officers Plead Guilty to Civil Rights Violation in Fatal Assault on Inmate CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two more former correctional officers in West Virginia have pleaded ...