west virginia split as a result of the civil war.
west virginia split as a result of the civil war.
which state split as a result of the civil war?
west virginia
in june 1861, the unionist east tennessee convention met in greeneville, where it drafted a petition to the tennessee state legislature demanding that east tennessee be allowed to form a separate union-aligned state split off from the rest of tennessee (à la west virginia). the legislature rejected the petition, however, and tennessee governor isham harris ordered confederate troops to occupy east tennessee. senator andrew johnson and congressman horace maynard— who in spite of being from a confederate state retained their seats in congress— continuously pressed president abraham lincoln to send troops into east tennessee, and lincoln subsequently made the liberation of east tennessee a top priority. "knoxville whig" editor william "parson" brownlow, who had been one of slavery's most outspoken defenders, attacked secessionism with equal fervor, and embarked on a speaking tour of the northern states to rally support for east tennessee. union troops did not secure knoxville until late 1863, however, and chattanooga was only secured after a series of bloody campaigns late in the same year in a pivotal moment for the civil war, which came to be known as the chattanooga campaign.
east tennessee
bullet::::- north-eastern state divided into bauchi (bauchi), borno, and gongola (yola) states;









































bullet::::- niger (minna) state split from sokoto;









































bullet::::- western state divided into ogun (abeokuta), ondo (akure), and oyo states









































state boundaries and names were also reorganized.









































section::::history.:1987/1989.









































bullet::::- akwa ibom state split from cross river;









































bullet::::- katsina state split from kaduna









































section::::history.:1991-1996.









































bullet::::- abia state split from imo;









































bullet::::- bendel state divided into delta and edo;









































bullet::::- enugu state split from anambra;









































bullet::::- gongola state divided into adamawa and taraba;









































bullet::::- jigawa state split from kano;









































bullet::::- kebbi state split from sokoto;
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