The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Monday, June 10, 2013
October 24, 1861---West and Wester
OCTOBER 24, 1861:
Western
Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line.
On this same day,
western Virginians vote to establish a new State. They decide to call it “West
Virginia” rather than “Kanawha.”
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