John S. Carlile
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John Snyder Carlile was an American merchant, lawyer, slaveowner and politician, including a United States senator. A strong supporter of the Union cause during the American Civil War, he represented
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Wheeling Convention
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The 1861 Wheeling Convention was an assembly of Southern Unionist delegates from the northwestern counties of Virginia, aimed at repealing the Ordinance of Secession, which had been approved by refere
John S. Carlile
…secession convention in 1861, voting no on the controversial resolution. He was a leader in the anti-secession movement, and was prominent in the Wheeling Convention of June 1861. On June 13, 1861, at the first session of the Second Wheeling Convention, Carlile authored "A Declaration of the People of Virginia." The…
Arthur I. Boreman, 1861 Wheeling Presiding officer
West Virginia Independence Hall
1913 photos of five survivors of the First Wheeling Convention
John J. Davis Member of suspended Virginia Assembly