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For Liberty and Union

HistoryDrama
0.0·1977·0h 22m

At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, delegates from Unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to break away from the Confedera...

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Cast

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dan Resin

Dan Resin

John Carlile

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Brooks Rogers

Waitman Willey

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William Lyman

Archibald Campbell

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David Judy

Francis Pierpont

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Bob Tracey

Samuel Crane

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Marilyn Hill

Mary Crane

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Hal O'Leary

John Nicholls

DIRECTOR

John K. Ball

OVERVIEW

At the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861, delegates from Unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to break away from the Confederacy and form a new government loyal to the United States that two years later would be officially recognized as the new state of West Virginia. This historical reenactment was commissioned to mark the restoration of the Wheeling Custom House -- the actual site of the delegates' conventions, featured within the film.