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The government of Virginia that was recognized by the US government recognized the creation of West Virginia. What's the problem?

Anyone who would begin an argument by pointing to the legitimacy of a non-representative puppet government created by the opposing force is either not to be taken seriously or to be scorned. Whichever you prefer doesn't matter. Your opinions appear too disingenuous to acknowledge.

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Things like that happen in times of Civil War. There were also Confederate "shadow" governments for Missouri and Kentucky. Davis would have been more than happy if such governments could have furthered his goals.

Indeed, there were plenty of irregularities -- fraud and coercion -- in the secession process that people would still be arguing about today if the CSA had won.

Please avoid personal attacks. They simply convince others that you don't have actual winning arguments.