Union and Confederate Soldiers and Sympathizers of Barbour County, West Virginia

by John W. Shaffer

Following the passage of the Confederate Ordinance of Secession in April 1861, pro-Union Virginians met in Wheeling and began the process that would lead to the formation of West Virginia as a separate state. Despite the new state's allegiance to the North, the population of West Virginia remained divided in its loyalties, as author John W. Shaffer has described in his other book, "Barbour County, A Clash of Loyalties: A Border County in the Civil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806352647
• ISBN13: 9780806352640
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"