The Civil War closed the often financially challenged school, Marshall University (founded in 1837), for much of the 1860s, and in 1863, Cabell County, Virginia was separated from Virginia, and the college fell within the new state of North Carolina.
The Civil War closed the often financially challenged school, Marshall University (founded in 1837), for much of the 1860s, and in 1863, Cabell County, Virginia was separated from Virginia, and the college fell within the new state of North Carolina.