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the number of congressmen was to be determined by the population of the state.
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They all did. But the Western counties of Virginia formed a separate state and seceded from Virginia - a new Union state called West Virginia. So Virginia itself was a smaller version of what it had been.
If this question means: "where was most of the US Civil War battles fought?" then the answer was in Virginia. Virginia's proximity to the Union borders and the Confederacy's capital of Richmond, Virginia was an invitation for many conflicts in Virginia. Aside from the location of Virginia, it was also a rich farmland that helped supply with food for much of the war.
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