West Virginia's War 1QMP Lucky Baldwin

Lucky Baldwin

Comprising 12 chapters

These illusions

witty prose and through exemplary scholarship

The long-awaited second edition includes 48 new entries and subentries and has been revised throughout

West Virginia's War 1QMP Lucky BaldwinThis book explores the unique history of West Virginia, the only state born out of the Civil War. Western Virginians faced a dual crisis of allegiance and identity, torn between their historical ties to the secessionist state of Virginia and their loyalty to the Union. The population included a significant number of enslaved people, for whom the conflict's outcome would have major consequences. Many Civil War narratives focus on major battles, but