The Restored Government of Virginia was the Unionist government of Virginia during the American Civil War in opposition to the government that had approved Virginia's seceding from the United States a
Morgantown Monitor, June 20, 1863, western Virginia military situation
Restored Government of Virginia election May 22, 1862
Virginia Union regiments, Nov. 20, 1861
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
Restored Government of Virginia
…Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia evacuated it as their capital in late March 1865, and the city returned to Federal control. When the Second Wheeling Convention met in its first session, in June 1861, it adopted "A Declaration of the People of Virginia". The declaration stated that the Virginia Declaration of…
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