“MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE”: How West Virginia Became a State (Part the Second)

In which we wrap-up the story of how West Virginia, in the midst of the Civil War, became the thirty-fifth state of the Union.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “A House Divided: A Study of Statehood Politics and the Copperhead Movement in West Virginia” By Richard Orr Curry.

Listen to Episode 276: WestVirginiaPartSecond