Originally published in 1922. PREFACE This book was written on the assumptionthat the admission of a new state into the Union is always a matter of somehistoric... » 

Originally published in 1922. PREFACE This book was written on the assumptionthat the admission of a new state into the Union is always a matter of somehistorical importance and that the facts of such admission should be madeavailable for the reader of history. In the case of West Virginia prejudice andpartisanship have tended to obscure the exact truth and The Disruption ofVirginia is an attempt to present an unbiased account of the strange course ofevents in the history of Virginia from the time of Lincolns election to thepresidency to the month of June 1863 when West Virginia was formally admittedinto the Union........Many of the earliest books particularly those datingback to 1900s and before are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.We are republishing these classic works in affordable high quality moderneditions using the original text and artwork. «