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The article focuses on Doris Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943), a United States Navy cook third class who was killed in action during World War II. He was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the second highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of Honor. Miller served aboard the battleship West Virginia, which was sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The article discusses the vehement support for the Union cause during the U.S. Civil War in Martinsburg, West Virginia. According to the article, Martinsburg was comprised of the strongest concentration of Unionist support in the Shenandoah Valley. The article discusses the secession of Virginia from the U.S. and the formation of the state of West Virginia in 1863, the significance of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad to Martinsburg's Union support, and the support of Martinsburg women for the Union.

The article offers travel tips for Martinsburg, West Virginia, particularly focusing upon sites related to the U.S. Civil War, including the Martinsburg Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Roundhouse and Shop Complex, the Belle Boyd house, and Green Hill Cemetery.

The article offers travel tips to U.S. Civil War sites in West Virginia including Weston, childhood home of Confederate general Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, as well as places along the 1863 Jones-Imboden Raid which included a pitched battle in Fairmont and incidents in Philippi and Beverly. Further information is available at the website civilwartrails.org.

The article discusses the importance of West Virginia to the Union during the U.S. Civil War. When Virginia seceded in 1861, joining the Confederate States of America, thirty-nine counties in Western Virginia overturned the state's decision, establishing the Restored Government of Virginia led by Governor Francis Pierpont. Other topics include differences in industrialization between eastern and western Virginia, the strategic importance of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and the establishment of West Virginia as a state on December 31, 1862.

The article presents a description of events that led to the bloody Battle of Shepherdstown during the 1862 Maryland Campaign. The author notes that it was after midnight on September 20, 1862, not much more than 48 hours after the firing ended on the deadliest day of the Civil War, the Battle of Antietam. After that fighting of September 17, 1862, the armies eyed each other warily before the Confederates began to slip across the Potomac back into Virginia after dusk on the September 18, 1862. The Battle of Shepherdstown was the last bloodshed of the 1862 Maryland campaign.

Expresses opinion on the incidents of violence, from the historical event of mine wars to the issue of electricity production and coal-source access in West Virginia. Violent impact of the mountaintop removal methods of coal extraction; Parallelism between the history of violence and the use of electricity; Benefits of mining to individual families; Implication for the Christian community.

Recalls the diversionary raids by the Border Rangers under Confederate General Albert Jenkins into Kanawha Valley, West Virginia. Objectives of the raids; Companies under Jenkins' command; Confederates' attack on Buckhannon; Events leading to the surrender of Federal forces in Spencer; Crossing of the Ohio River into Union territory by Jenkins' forces. INSET: Jenkins' raiders at Buckhannon.

Features United States Major General George B. McClellan. Invasion of Western Virginia by McClellan during the Civil War in the United States; Contents of the proclamations issued by McClellan to his troops and to the people of western Virginia; Description of the Union plan for the Laurel Hill battle; Battle between the Unions and Confederates at the Rich Mountain; Goals accomplished by McClellan and his army. INSET: East vs. West: Splitting Virginia in two..

A quiz about the U.S. Civil War in West Virginia is presented.

The article offers information on the history of West Virginia. It relates that West Virginia was formed following the 1861 Wheeling Conventions wherein the secession of Virginia from the U.S. was rejected by the western counties of Virginia. It states that the separation of West Virginia from Virginia was due to economic differences, conflicting views on slavery and different culture. It also mentions that West Virginia was eventually accepted into the Union on June 20, 1863.

The article provides information on the historical background of West Virginia. It mentions that John Brown became the raid leader and seized Harpers ferry in order to steal the weapons for abolitionists and slaves. However, Brown was hanged due to his revolutionary movement. However, the splitting of the West Virginia from the state was due to the grudges held by West Virginians to the state government.

The article reports that there are around more than 4,000 names of those who served in West Virginia units in the federal armies on unclaimed medals struck in 1867. From the start, officials have had trouble locating all the intended recipients as many of them were not from West Virginia. The person submitting the claim for the medal has to present official documents establishing a line of descent from the soldier such as birth, death or marriage certificates, and military or census records.

The article gives economical, historical and demographic details of the state of West Virginia. Population density is 75.2 per square miles. It is South Atlantic state bounded on the North by Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland; on the South and West by Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio; on the East by Maryland and Virginia. Climate is humid continental except for marine modification in the lower panhandle. Chief industries are manufacturing, services, mining and tourism. Chief crops are apples, peaches, hay, tobacco, corn, wheat and oats. Sparsely inhabited at the time of European contact, the area was primarily Native American hunting grounds. British explorers Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam reached the New River in 1671.

Accounts the political history of West Virginia's land regions. Economic and geographical differences of the east and west sections of Virginia during the 18th century that caused the west's separation from the Virginia state; Informations on the stateship of West Virginia; Informations on the land regions that were incorporated as part of West Virginia state.

The article focuses on the naming of towns in the U.S., particularly in West Virginia. Topics include how the Appalachian Mountains lead to the uncommon names found in West Virginia in 2014, the naming of towns such as Wyco and Ameagle after coal mining operations, and the naming of towns after extreme weather, such as Cyclone, Tornado, and Whirlwind.

The article discusses an 1899 law in Sistersville, West Virginia which prohibited women's rights to vote and mentions the desire of officials to amend the town charter.

The article discusses events in the U.S. Civil War in June of 1861. It examines the Battle of Philippi, Virginia and considers the secession of West Virginia from Virginia following the latter's decision to secede from the U.S. The author particularly explores rumors and a sense of anticipation of war among Americans.

The article discusses the dispensation of unclaimed U.S. Civil War medals in West Virginia.

The article reports on the efforts of five West Virginia University, Morgantown students and their leader Peter Carmichael to preserve and protect the 1862 Shepherdstown, West Virginia battlefield of the U.S Civil War. The team is planning to preserve and protect the primary lands associated with the fight through the nomination of the battlefield to the National Register of Historic Places. A 'podcast tour' of the battlefield and walking trails are also being developed to broaden public awareness.

The article provides information on the traveling exhibition titled "Born of Rebellion: West Virginia Statehood" presented by the West Virginia Humanities Council at the MacFarland-Hubbard House in Charleston. It highlighted the history of the state from its withdrawal from Virginia and integration as a state of the U.S. West Virginia Humanities program officer Mark Payne comments on the uncertainty of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln over the division of Virginia into eastern and western region.

The debate over whether the campaigns and battles of the Eastern theater or the Western theater were more important to Union victory and Confederate defeat will probably always percolate through the legions of "Civil War" scholars and buffs. The term Eastern theater is generally used to encompass the fighting in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, though it can also include conflicts in West Virginia and North Carolina. The Western theater includes actions that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia and along the Mississippi River. Americans are well aware that public opinion can have a dramatic impact on how the United States conducts its military affairs.

Describes Harper's Ferry in West Virginia, which provided the stage for an event that helped trigger the Civil War. Geographical description of the town; Slave rebellion led by John Brown, a zealous foe of slavery; Effect of the Civil War to Harper's Ferry.