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West Virginia was admitted to the Union as a state in 1863 after several Unionist counties in northwestern Virginia sought to form their own state. After the Civil War, were there ever any attempts by Virginia to "reconquer" West Virginia and bring them back into the state?

by /u/derstherower in /r/AskHistorians

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