Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:admittedToUnion |
June 20, 1863
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| gptkbp:approvedBy |
gptkb:U.S._Congress
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| gptkbp:capital |
Charleston (current)
Wheeling (initially) |
| gptkbp:date |
June 20, 1863
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| gptkbp:firstGovernor |
gptkb:Arthur_I._Boreman
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Formation of West Virginia
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| gptkbp:legalBasis |
gptkb:Restored_Government_of_Virginia
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
Virginia's secession from the Union
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| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
referendum in western Virginia counties
|
| gptkbp:recognizedBy |
President Abraham Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:region |
northwestern counties of Virginia
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America gptkb:Virginia gptkb:Wheeling_Conventions Union Virginia Ordinance of Secession West Virginia Statehood Bill |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
creation of the state of West Virginia
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Virginia_(before_1863)
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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