West Virginia voters chose to secede from Virginia.
June 20, 1863, West Virginia was admitted as the 35th state in the Union
Union Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan took command of his 30,000-man army at Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. His orders from Gen. Grant were to march into the Shenandoah Valley and destroy the army of Confederate Gen. Jubal Early.
Charleston is named the seat of government
The state capitol is moved from Wheeling to Charleston.
The first brick street in the world is laid in Charleston
Hatfields of south West Virginia and McCoys of eastern Kentucky re-engaged in a feud that dated back to 1865. Some 100 were wounded or died.
The first intercollegiate football game at WVU is played, against Washington & Jefferson College
Rural free mail delivery begins in Charles Town, first in United States.
Explosions at a coal mine at Monongah kill 362 men and boys in the worst mine disaster in U. S. history
According to one accounting, the first Mother’s Day service is held at St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton.
State capitol at Charleston is destroyed by fire.
West Virginia’s sales tax becomes effective. West Virginia becomes the first state to have a sales tax
The state flag is adopted
WSAZ-TV in Huntington begins regular programming. It is the first television station in the state, originally operating on channel 5.
Danny Heater of Burnsville High School scores 135 points in a high school basketball game, earning him an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records
