For Liberty and Union (1977)

For Liberty and Union

1977

History Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

John K. Ball

Cast

Barbara Jean Laifer as Vocalist

Bob Tracey as Samuel Crane

Brooks Rogers as Waitman Willey

Dan Resin as John Carlile

David Judy as Francis Pierpont

Gary Merrill as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hal O'Leary as John Nicholls

Marilyn Hill as Mary Crane