west virginia was the new state that was formed at the beginning of the civil war.
west virginia was the new state that was formed at the beginning of the civil war.
which new state was formed at the beginning of the civil war?
west virginia
during the civil war, a unionist government in wheeling, virginia, presented a statehood bill to congress in order to create a new state from 48 counties in western virginia. the new state would eventually incorporate 50 counties. the issue of slavery in the new state delayed approval of the bill. in the senate charles sumner objected to the admission of a new slave state, while benjamin wade defended statehood as long as a gradual emancipation clause would be included in the new state constitution. two senators represented the unionist virginia government, john s. carlile and waitman t. willey. senator carlile objected that congress had no right to impose emancipation on west virginia, while willey proposed a compromise amendment to the state constitution for gradual abolition. sumner attempted to add his own amendment to the bill, which was defeated, and the statehood bill passed both houses of congress with the addition of what became known as the willey amendment. president lincoln signed the bill on december 31, 1862. voters in western virginia approved the willey amendment on march 26, 1863.
west virginia in the american civil war
the economic costs of the war were also high. as their forces abandoned their fixed positions in july–august 1922, the republicans burned many of the administrative buildings and businesses that they had been occupying. in addition, their subsequent guerrilla campaign caused much destruction and the economy of the free state suffered a hard blow in the earliest days of its existence as a result. the material damage caused by the war to property came to over £30 million. particularly damaging to the free state's economy was the systematic destruction of railway infrastructure and roads by the republicans. in addition, the cost to the free state of waging the war came to another £17 million. by september 1923, deputy hogan estimated the cost at £50 million. the new state ended 1923 with a budget deficit of over £4 million. this weakened financial situation meant that the new state could not pay its share of imperial debt under the treaty. this adversely affected the boundary negotiations in 1924–25, in which the free state government acquiesced that border with northern ireland would remain unchanged in exchange for forgiveness of the imperial debt. further, the state undertook to pay for damage caused to property between the truce of july 1921 and the end of the civil war; w. t. cosgrave told the dáil:
irish civil war