1 oct. 1861 - west virginia created and remains with the Union

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Before:
Lincoln's goals: take confederate capital, hild on to strategic border states where slavery was legal but there were few white slave masters.

-tried securing the railroad connection Washington to the Ohio River Valley. He sent General McClellan to control Northwestern Virginia.

During: Union supporters broke off to form West Virginia and get away from confederacy.

after: west virginia becomes a state in 1863

other: union keeps control of Delaware

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