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Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood
May 1865


May 1

May 2

May 3

May 4

May 5
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Emory issued orders regarding rebel soldiers in West Virginia.

Governor Boreman wrote to Secretary of War Stanton regarding the order on rebel soldiers.

May 6
Citizens met in Harrison County and passed resolutions against former rebels.

Bvt. Maj. Gen. Emory issued orders regarding rebel refugees, deserters, paroled officers and men, and civil officers in West Virginia.

May 7

May 8
A meeting of members of Company F, 17th WV Infantry (from Preston County) held at Bulltown approved of the Kingwood meeting of April 27.

Gen. Emory wrote to Governor Boreman that Capt. McNeill had surrendered.

May 9

May 10

May 11

May 12

May 13
A meeting of residents of Lyon Township in Preston County passed resolutions supporting the attorney general's decision that rebels have forfeited their citizenship and homes.

May 14

May 15

May 16

May 17

May 18

May 19

May 20
Citizens of Charleston and Kanawha County passed resolutions opposed to former rebels.

May 21

May 22

May 23

May 24

May 25

May 26
Gov. Arthur I. Boreman made an address to the people of West Virginia on current conditions.

May 27

May 28
Orders were issued for an Ohio Cavalry company to go into West Virginia, specifically Pocahontas County, and seize Confederate arms and public property.

May 29

May 30

May 31

Undated Events, May 1865


Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood

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