Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index. Foreword / by Frank J. Williams -- Sectional differences -- The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad : catalyst to statehood -- Western Virginia and the response to the secession of Virginia -- The first and second Wheeling Conventions -- Creating the "Restored Government of Virginia" -- Congress debates statehood -- Lincoln and the cabinet debate the constitutionality and expediency of admitting the new state -- Establishing the new state -- Post-Civil War Virginia -- Virginia files suit -- The Supreme Court settles the issue -- Appendix A: The letters to Abraham Lincoln from his cabinet regarding the question of whether to admit West Virginia to the Union -- Appendix B: The complaint in "State of Virginia vs. State of West Virginia" -- Appendix C: The Supreme Court's decision in "Virginia vs. West Virginia" -- The Supreme Court's 1911 decision in "Virginia vs. West Virginia".
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