Editing Martinsburg, West Virginia (section)

===Reconstruction===
Residents of West Virginia were split in their allegiance during the war, with half of its soldiers serving in the Confederate army.<ref>Snell, Mark A., ''West Virginia and the Civil War'', History Press, 2011, pg. 28, {{ISBN|978-1-59629-888-0}}</ref> The vote to create a new state in western Virginia was very low, but statehood was approved by Congress and President Lincoln, and the new state was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood10.html |title=Chapter Ten Statehood Referendum |access-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518153656/http://www.wvculture.org/History/statehood/statehood10.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city of Martinsburg was incorporated by an act of the new [[West Virginia Legislature]] on March 30, 1868.
[[File:Harpers 8 11 1877 Blockade of Engines at Martinsburg W VA.jpg|thumb|Blockade of engines during the [[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]]]]
Martinsburg became a center of the railroad industry and its workers. The [[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]] began July 14, 1877, in this city at the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://martinsburgroundhouse.com/|title=Martinsburg Roundhouse – 304-260-4141|website=martinsburgroundhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> After several unsuccessful attempts to quell the protests, Governor [[Henry M. Mathews]] called for federal troops. By the time these troops had restored order, the protest of the rail company had spread across the country.<ref name="Bellesiles">{{Cite book |last=Bellesiles |first=Michael A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rf4q5LjLbHIC&pg=PA149 |title=1877: America's Year of Living Violently |date=2010 |publisher=New Press |isbn=978-1-59558-441-0 |language=en}}</ref>

Telephone service was established in Martinsburg in 1883. In 1889, electricity began to be furnished to Martinsburg as part of a franchise granted to the United Edison Manufacturing Company of New York.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

The Interwoven Mills began operations in Martinsburg in 1891.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/863|title=Interwoven Mills|last=Jenrette|first=Jerra|website=e-WV}}</ref>

Construction of the Apollo Civic Theatre was completed in 1913.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apollocivictheatre.org/about/|title=About|website=Apollo Civic Theatre|language=en-US|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref>