Statistics for occurrence #1 of “West Virginia” in chapter 5.13 of Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1.:
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Jacob D. Cox, Major-General, U. S. V.
The reasons which made it important to occupy West Virginia with national troops were two-fold — political and strategic.
The people were strongly attached to the Union, and had opposed the secession of Virginia, of which State they were then a part.
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| † | West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) | 4,494 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| West Virginia (New Mexico, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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