I did not realize the facts that surrounded West Virginia's statehood. A good lesson for government to learn...share the wealth! The WVa folks were getting more benefits from Ohio and Pennsylvania than they were getting from their own state of Virginia. Surprising that the state of Va didn't do more to build roads and better transportation for their citizens to the west. I wonder how really shocked the Virginians were when they found out what the westerners had done! I wonder how much they cared, and how hard did they try to bring the state back together.
It also surprised me that so many upper South states had split decisions on secession. With some states having 2 political conventions and 2 separate law-making politicial machines, must have been difficult for Washington to keep straight! Who was Union, who was Confederate?
I also found it sad that when war was announced, both northerners and southerners were reported to be dancing and cheering in the streets. They were celebrating! The American Revolutionary War had left its sting many years previous, and their memories of sacrifice and loss of human life had diminished. I'm sure as I complete this book there will be reports quite opposite from this.
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It seems to me that SOME men just wanted any reason to fight like it would bring them glory. In fact, many times they say how excited they were to go fight and their eyes became fixed.
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