Virginia legislature repealed laws consenting to the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties to West Virginia
Storer College in Harpers Ferry, begun by the Freewill Baptist Church, to educate black teachers
Ratification of 13th Amendment by West Virginia
John Appleton moved to Kanawha County
13 Banks had become national banks
The Baptist General Association of West Virginia (West Virginia Baptist Convention) formed
Belle Boyd wrote Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison in London
Waitman T. Willey senate term as first West Virginia senator ended
Provision included in Constitution of 1851 calling for the General Assembly to reapportion representation in both houses
John Dickinson came to Kanawha County
Anne Dudley arrived in West Virginia to teach freed blacks
Fairmont State University was formed as West Virginia's first private normal school
Aretas Fleming married Carrie M. Watson
Joseph Diss Debar appointed an agent in southern Germany
Nathan Goff married Laura E. Despard
Grafton National Cemetery was established for Civil War dead
The Easton Roller Mill replaced overshot water wheel
Reckart's Mill was built in Preston county
Visitor stated about Harpers Ferry, "all about the town are rubbish, filth, and stench."
Chester Hubbard began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives
John Jacob returned to Romney
George Latham served as congressman for the Second District of West Virginia
Joseph Lightburn returned to duty after being wounded in Sherman's advance on Atlanta
The Logan Wildcats were active in the Shenandoah Valley campaign
The city of Boone Court House changed its name to Madison
Booker T. Washington arrived in Malden with his family to work in the salt industry and local coal mines
Two additional dams were built on the Monongahela River
The army recruiting and training center at Camp Carlisle ceased
The Campbell's Creek Coal Company began shipping coal down the Kanawha River from Port Amherst
Samuel Price was appointed circuit judge in Lewisburg but declined to take office
A narrow-gauge railroad was built to Ritchie Mines
Ritchie Mines was bought
Union authorities moved Jefferson County seat from Charles Town to Shepherdstown
The Wheeling interurban system began operation
The National Banking Act was amended to allow state banks to become national banks
Jim Vance was suspected in the murder of Harmon McCoy
The formal organizing of Webster County took place
The state superintendent called a state convention of teachers to meet in Fairmont, founding the West Virginia Education Association
