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Kanawha County (/ k ə ˈ n ɔː ə / kə-NAW-ə) is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 180,745, [1] making it West Virginia's most populous county. [2] The county seat is Charleston, [3] which is also the state capital and most populous city. Kanawha County is part of the Charleston, WV ...
Kanawha was a proposed name for the 39 counties which later became the main body of the U.S. state of West Virginia, formed on October 24, 1861.It consisted of most of the far northwestern counties of Virginia, which voted to secede from the state after Virginia joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the American Civil War on April 17, 1861.
Dugspur is an unincorporated community in Carroll County, Virginia, United States. Dugspur is located along U.S. Route 221 7.9 miles (12.7 km) east-northeast of Hillsville . Dugspur has a post office with ZIP code 24325, which opened on August 6, 1850.
The Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862 was Confederate Major General William W. Loring's military campaign to drive the Union Army out of the Kanawha River Valley during the American Civil War. The campaign took place from September 6 through September 16, 1862, although an important raid that had impact on the campaign started on August 22.
General Loring then replaced General Floyd and the 36th Virginia fought in the Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862, attempting to regain the Kanawha valley and crucial salt supplies. The successful retaking of the Kanawha Valley did not last long, and Loring began moving his men out of the Kanawha valley in October 1862.
The Union had ordered 5,000 troops away from the Kanawha region to Virginia which left the region undermanned and led to the Confederate Kanawha Valley Campaign of 1862. As a first step in the campaign, Albert G. Jenkins and his 550 Confederate Cavalry circled through western Virginia and moved behind the small Union force in the Kanawha Valley.
According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, 94 men were put to death between 1899 and 1959—in the early years by hanging and later by ... EDITORIAL: W.Va. killed the death penalty 60 years ago ...
Kanawha County, West Virginia. Kanawha County textbook controversy, a violent school control struggle beginning in 1974; State of Kanawha, an early name for the state of West Virginia; Kanawha Canal, part of the James River and Kanawha Canal, a partially built canal in Richmond, VA; Kanawha (Luray, Virginia), a historic house; Kanawha, Iowa, city