From all I've heard, the creation of WV
was bogus, as a legal matter, so not argument from me,
@Bigun All of my great-great- and great-great-great-grandfathers who served were part of the Confederate army. One of my great-great-grandfathers had his farm in Jackson County, (present day) WV, seized by the federal government because he wasn't there
in person to pay his taxes (well, duh, he was off to war with Company F, 17th Virginia Cavalry at the time). It took many years to get back his property.
While I'm not one of those still fighting the Civil War, I'm somewhat inclined to understand what motivated some of the southerners.