Virginia in the American Civil War
The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. As a slave-holding state, it held a state convention to deal with the secession crisis, and voted against secession on 4 April 1861. Opinion shifted after 15 April, when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from all states still in the Union to put down the rebellion, following the capture of Fort Sumter, and the Virginia convention voted to declare secession from the Union. (In the Western counties, where there was little slavery, pro-Union sentiment remained strong, and they presently seceded from Virginia as a separate Union state, West Virginia.)
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Virginia in the American Civil War
The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. As a slave-holding state, it held a state convention to deal with the secession crisis, and voted against secession on 4 April 1861. Opinion shifted after 15 April, when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from all states still in the Union to put down the rebellion, following the capture of Fort Sumter, and the Virginia convention voted to declare secession from the Union. (In the Western counties, where there was little slavery, pro-Union sentiment remained strong, and they presently seceded from Virginia as a separate Union state, West Virginia.)
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Le Commonwealth de la Virginie ...... ant confédéré Jefferson Davis.
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The Commonwealth of Virginia w ...... derate leader Jefferson Davis.
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Содружество Вирджиния (The Com ...... менно на территории Вирджинии.
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1861-05-07
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1870-01-26
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Commonwealth of Virginia
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Le Commonwealth de la Virginie ...... la convention de Virginie vote
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The Commonwealth of Virginia w ...... e Union state, West Virginia.)
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Содружество Вирджиния (The Com ...... ккупировала город Александрия.
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Virginia in the American Civil War
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Virginie durant la guerre de Sécession
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Виргиния в Гражданской войне
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