February 1
February 2
New state meetings were held in Ritchietown.
Quarterly court was held at the Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont.
About 40 ailing army horses arrived in Wheeling from Martinsburg for care at the animal hospital on the Island.
February 3
A new state meeting was held at the Ohio County Courthouse in Wheeling.
February 4
A meeting was held at the Ohio County Courthouse by persons opposed to the new state of West Virginia.
The U.S. marshal gave notice to anyone having claims to property of alleged Confederate Isaac R. Trimble subject to confiscation.
February 5
An election was held.
Governor Pierpont issued a proclamation calling upon office holders to take the oath.
A detachment of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry began a scout into Wyoming County.
February 6
A detachment of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry continued a scout into Wyoming County.
The stagecoach between Martinsburg and Winchester was captured near Bunker Hill by guerrillas.
February 7
A detachment of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry continued a scout into Wyoming County.
February 8
Confederate guerrillas murdered Union supporter Calvary Gibson in his home in Putnam County.
A detachment of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry returned to Camp Piatt after a scout into Wyoming County.
February 9
At a meeting of Harrison County citizens held at the courthouse in Clarksburg, local political figures John Vance and John J. Davis spoke against the new state of West Virginia.
February 10
A meeting of (West) Virginia troops stationed in Winchester was held.
A Union force departed Beverly to undertake a scouting expedition into Pocahontas County.
A New State meeting was held in the courtroom at Ceredo, Wayne County.
A meeting of the officers of the 116th Ohio Infantry met in Romney.
February 11
There was an encounter involving the Moccasin Rangers in Wirt County.
February 12
The Constitutional Convention reassembled at the Custom House in Wheeling.
Senator Waitman T. Willey delivered an address to the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Wheeling.
Confederate cavalry skirmished with Union troops at Smithfield and Charles Town.
February 13
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention debates on the admission of representatives from certain counties.
W.W. Fitswater of Barbour County was jailed in Wheeling.
February 14
A special committee of the Constitutional Convention made a report on the question of compensation for emancipated slaves.
A new state meeting was held in the Marshall County community of Pine Hill.
February 15
Waitman T. Willey delivered an address at the annual meeting of the 4th Street Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Association.
February 16
Delegates debated Constitutional Convention the question of compensation for owners of emancipated slaves.
A forage train of sixteen wagons traveling from Romney was captured by McNeill's Rangers.
February 17
Delegates continued to debate Constitutional Convention the question of compensation for owners of emancipated slaves.
The German Evangelical Church in Martinsburg was destroyed by a fire started while the building was occupied by Union soldiers.
February 18
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention adopted the amended constitution.
Lieutenant A. J. Weaver led a detachment of the 2nd (West) Virginia Infantry on a scouting expedition to Seneca.
A New State meeting was held in the Convention Hall of the Custom House in Wheeling.
February 19
The Committee on Revision for the Constitutional Convention reported an ordinance regulating the first election under the amended constitution and fixing the time of election.
February 20
At the Constitutional Convention, Peter Van Winkle made remarks about a bill introduced in the Senate by John Carlile.
February 21
February 22
February 23
A new state meeting was held at Asbury Chapel on Woods' Run, Marion County.
February 24
February 25
A rebel prisoner was brought to Wheeling.
February 26
Forty-one Confederate prisoners arrived in Wheeling on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and were sent to Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio in the afternoon.
February 27
Hancock County citizens met at the courthouse to hear a speech by Sherrard Clemens.
February 28
A new state meeting was held in Pleasants County.
A new state meeting was held in Glen Easton, Marshall County.
A deserter from the 34th Ohio Infantry escaped from military officers at Benwood.