Yep thats why I mentioned it!Yes, Kanawha was the tentative name proposed.
Yep thats why I mentioned it!Yes, Kanawha was the tentative name proposed.
LOL, I noticed that too. BTW, Kentucky kinda reminds me of Austria......they even look somewhat similar themselves!
Why would the CSA even WANT to keep West Virginia? As far as Richmond would have been concerned, they were a bunch of trouble-makers the CSA would just as well have done without.
More likely, they would have pushed for keeping West Virginia at the negotiating table, but only as a ambit claim which they would later drop in exchange for Northern concessions on other issues.
Why would the CSA even WANT to keep West Virginia? As far as Richmond would have been concerned, they were a bunch of trouble-makers the CSA would just as well have done without.
More likely, they would have pushed for keeping West Virginia at the negotiating table, but only as a ambit claim which they would later drop in exchange for Northern concessions on other issues.
Not a chance. In OTL VA didn't recognize WV until 1971 according to someone on this board. It certainly kicked up a fuss about it at the time. That is why they sent RE Lee there right away.
Seriously?
To the present day Virginia does not recognize the Restored Government of Virginia in its list of state administrations, or the validity of the secession by West Virginia.
But they haven't been consistent about it - here's an 1871 case where Virginia sued West Virginia, arguing that an 1862 act of the Restored Government hadn't been complied with and therefore two counties should stay in Virginia.