Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia

by Edmund A Sargus, Eric J Wittenberg, Penny L Barrick, et al.

Book Overview

"West Virginia was the child of the storm," concluded early Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran, Maj. Theodore F. Lang. The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's 35th state. In Seceding from Secession: The Civil War, Politics, and the Creation of West Virginia, authors Eric J. Wittenberg, Edmund A. Sargus, and Penny L. Barrick chronicle those events in an unprecedented study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611215064
• ISBN13: 9781611215069
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Savas Beatie
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"