Important People
This abolitionist attacked Harper's Ferry
Who was John Brown
The Philippi Races
What was the first land engagement in the Civil War?
Restored in the Second Wheeling convention
What is The Reorganized government of Virginia
This railroad was created in 1827
What is the B&O railroad?
Washington DC
What is the Capital of the US
This man from the Clarksburg area was a Confederate general famous for his battles in the Shenandoah Valley
Who was Stonewall Jackson?
This battle broke a stalemate in West Virginia, the Union took Lewisburg temporarily, allowed Gen. Averell to enter the south to raid the Tennessee railroad
What is the Battle of Droop Mountain?
John Carlile called for this meeting to discuss the Wheeling Conventions?
There was not much of it and it was somewhat disliked
What was Western Virginia's relation to slavery?
Richmond, Virginia
What is the capital of the Confederacy?
The man who set up the conventions to make West Virginia a state
Who was John Carlile?
Establish a homebase to then take the whole Ohio River, To destroy the union government of Virginia
What was the Confederate side trying to do in the Battle of Scary Creek?
Started as a result of the Second Wheeling Convention
The 1st Constitutional Convention of West Virginia
1859
When was the raid on Harper's Ferry?
North: Keeping the South in the Union
South: Slavery
Also money for both sides
What were the motivations for the Civil War in the North and South?
This was first black major/high ranking officer in the US Military
Who was Martin Delany
They pushed the Confederates out of the Monongahela Valley, protected the northwest part of the B&O railroad
What did the Union get when they won the Battle of Rich Mountain?
32 out of 47
How many West Virginia counties were represented in the Second Wheeling convention?
1850
When was Western Virginia successful in relations with the East?
By taking the Kanawha and Monongahela valleys
How did the union manage to take half of West Virginia?
This was a Presbyterian minister who wrote against slavery in the Kanawha Valley
Who was Henry Ruffner
They secured control of the Kanawha Valley connected it the northeast
What did the Union get at Carnifex Ferry?
When Virginia sued us for the eastern panhandle counties in 1871
When did Virginia informally recognize West Virginia?
Expansion of voting rights and More trade for Western Virginia
What did West Virginians advocate for in the Virginian Constitutional convention of 1830 and not get?