Albert Gallatin Jenkins

The town of Ceredo founded by Northern abolitionist, Eli Thayer

John Floyd was appointed U.S. Secretary of War

B&O Railroad improved transportation in Harrison County

The Northwestern Virginia Railroad opened from Grafton to Parkersburg

Henry Mathews began practicing law in Lewisburg

John McCausland graduated from Virginia Military Institute

The Northwestern Virginia Railroad built a station where Oil Spring Run flows into Goose Creek

The Ceredo Crescent was established

George Summers and wife purchased the Glenwood estate in Charleston

A large building and five cottages were built at Sweet Springs

Traveller was born

The Virginia Conference approved he creation of the United Brethren Parkersburg Conference

Peter Van Winkle served as the president of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad

Academy Hall was built for West Liberty

The Gauley Bridge opened for traffic

The old Grafton House was built

Union troops under Brig. Gen. Jacob Cox occupied the Kanawha Valley

Confederate spy Nancy Hart led an attack that burned most of Summersville

The legislature of the Reorganized Government of Virginia began meeting in the Wheeling Custom House.

John Jay Jackson Jr. was appointed federal judge by President Lincoln

The Logan Wildcats joined Gen. John B. Floyd near Little Sewell Mountain

The Jenkins raiders attacked and occupied Buckhannon

Battle of Second Manassas

Union troops burned and destroyed Mercer Salt works

Jacob Blair and his two congressional colleagues met at the White House to discuss West Virginia admission into the Union with President Lincoln

President Lincoln decided in favor of statehood

George Imboden rose to the rank of colonel and took command of the of the 18th Virginia Calvary

The first school for black children, Sumner School, opened in Parkersburg.

Confederate General Stonewall Jackson based his forces in Berkeley Springs during his attack on Hancock, Maryland

Congress enacted the Morrill Act

Belle Boyd carried news of Union plans to Stonewall Jackson during the Shenandoah Valley campaign

John Carlile turned against statehood, which he had favored

John Echols served in the Kanawha Valley

John Hale served as a surgeon in the Civil War

A Natural gas well was first drilled in Hancock County

Nancy Hart was captured a second time as a rebel spy in Summersville

Collis P. Huntington persuaded Congress to designate the Central Pacific as the western half of the transcontinental railroad

Stonewall Jackson led a successful campaign in the Shenandoah Valley

Jacob Cox and men were driven out of the Kanawha Valley by Confederate advance led by Brig. Gen William W. Loring

U.S. troops were maneuvering from Western Virginia toward Tennessee

Joseph Lightburn was ordered to Charleston

City of Logan was occupied and burned by Union forces under Col. Edward Siber

Company 1, 12th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry was organized in New Cumberland

The Point Pleasant Register was founded as a weekly

John Nugent was born in Wales

Federal troops occupied Raleigh County.

The Confederate Thurmond's Parisan Rangers raided in Fayette, Greenbrier and Monroe counties

Peter Van Winkle represented Wood County in Constitutional Convention

The Reorganized Government of Virginia added $40,000 for Weston State Hospital

The authority to end the Greenbrier Division line was granted

Charles Town Opera House added to National Register of Historic Places

Kenton Corporation bought Charles Town and Shenandoah Downs racetracks

J. D. Maurice retired as publisher of the Charleston Daily Mail

New Davis Child Shelter established in South Charleston

Arden Cogar set the world record for underhand chopping a 12-inch block of yellow polar in 15.15 seconds

Delta tau Delta renovated its original house on Bethany College campus

The Dunbar wine cellars were added to the National Register of Historic Places

The DuPont Belle Works plant stopped producing ammonia

Easton Roller Mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

John Knowles wrote A Vein of Riches dealing with Fairmont history

John Knowles wrote A Vein of Riches dealing with Fairmont history

Robert Gates released the film, In Memory of the Land and People

Francis Ford Coppola filmed the Deer Hunter in the Northern Panhandle

U.S. report stated that 75% of the state was forested

Gauley Bridge became an incorporated municipality

The Delf Norona Museum opened at Grave Creek Mound

Huntington renamed 16th Street as Hal Greer Boulevard

Roy Lee Harmon wrote Roses in December

Morris Harvey College became the University of Charleston

The Hinton Daily News became the weekly Hinton News

William Hoffman wrote Virginia Reels

Marshall University School of Medicine admitted its first class

The Job's Temple Association was incorporated