A history of Virginia for boys and girls . y a month or two till six or sevenSouthern states did secede. That is, they declaredthat they were no longer in the Union. Theirrepresentatives in Congress left Washington andwent home. In February (1861) those statesformed a union of their own, calling it TheConfederate States of America. They drew up aconstitution and elected Jefferson Davis of Mis-sissippi President. They took charge of the fortsand arsenals within their borders. Fort Sumter at Charleston, South Carolina,resisted and was bombarded. Then PresidentLincoln at once called on all the st
A history of Virginia for boys and girls . y a month or two till six or sevenSouthern states did secede. That is, they declaredthat they were no longer in the Union. Theirrepresentatives in Congress left Washington andwent home. In February (1861) those statesformed a union of their own, calling it TheConfederate States of America. They drew up aconstitution and elected Jefferson Davis of Mis-sissippi President. They took charge of the fortsand arsenals within their borders. Fort Sumter at Charleston, South Carolina,resisted and was bombarded. Then PresidentLincoln at once called on all the states that hadnot seceded to send troops to fight against thosethat had seceded — to compel them to remain inthe federal union. It was only then (April, 1861) that Virginiaseceded. She had to take sides. Either she hadto fight against the Southern states or she had tofight with them. She chose to fight with them,much as she loved the Union and much as shedesired peace. Soon eleven states in all had 7Ar^^-M- f~ -l--^^-?/.•.*.
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