For Liberty and Union

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.

Top Billed Cast

Gary Merrill

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dan Resin

John Carlile

Brooks Rogers

Waitman Willey

William Lyman

Archibald Campbell

David Judy

Francis Pierpont