I think the correct answer is 'both'. From the CSA point of view, the land was integral to Virginia, but the people (or at least most of them) in it were Yankee sympathizers.
I think the correct answer is 'both'. From the CSA point of view, the land was integral to Virginia, but the people (or at least most of them) in it were Yankee sympathizers.
It was something they couldn't do anything about, though. With the locals pro-union and the fact it would restart the Civil War if the USA survived it and West Virginia remaining a state assumes that I don't think the CSA would do a damn thing about it.