WI: A Very Split USA

Honestly, I was pretty much ignoring internal state borders in my explanation. On the other hand, it's not impossible that the CSA would, after gaining independence, have some restructuring of states. Let's say that Virginia, as one of the largest states in the Confederacy, felt cheated out of its fair share of Senators and there was a convenient place to split the state right where it was split OTL.

That precise split would not have been embraced. Remember, Virginia sued over the extent of West Virginia after the war in our timeline.
 
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