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
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
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
Wheeling Convention
…ratification. But most preferred to elect delegates for a second meeting, should the vote go against them. When it did, the assembly formed its own Restored Government of Virginia, recognized by the federal government, and empowered to authorize the creation of a new state of West Virginia. The First Wheeling Convention was held…
Morgantown Monitor, June 20, 1863, western Virginia military situation
Restored Government of Virginia election May 22, 1862
Virginia Union regiments, Nov. 20, 1861