Download or read book Rebels at the Gate written by W Hunter Lesser and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebels at the Gate is the dramatic story of the first Union victories of the Civil War and the events that caused Virginians to divide their state. In a defiant act to sustain President Lincoln's war effort, Virginia Unionists created their own state government in 1861-destined to become the new state of West Virginia.