. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . other,and received assurances of assistance from both. Governor Letcher was soon made aware of the Union-ist movements in Western Virginia and sent Colonel Attempts of G. A. Porterfield with some East Virginiaauthorities1 to militia to Beverly, a spot well protecteduSfJSift on ^e north-west by the line of the Richthe western an<^ Laurel mountains, to organize an op-counties, position to it. The secessionist forces soonadvanced northward to Grafton, the point where theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad line bifurcates, one branchrunning to Wheeling
. The Civil War and the Constitution, 1859-1865 . other,and received assurances of assistance from both. Governor Letcher was soon made aware of the Union-ist movements in Western Virginia and sent Colonel Attempts of G. A. Porterfield with some East Virginiaauthorities1 to militia to Beverly, a spot well protecteduSfJSift on ^e north-west by the line of the Richthe western an<^ Laurel mountains, to organize an op-counties, position to it. The secessionist forces soonadvanced northward to Grafton, the point where theBaltimore and Ohio Railroad line bifurcates, one branchrunning to Wheeling and the other to Parkersburg. The Wheeling convention adjourned on the 15th, af-ter having called for the election of members to another The delay of convention, the election to be held on theCTossfngnthe 26th, and the convention to assemble on theOhio. jith of June. The vote of the people on the secession ordinance passed by the Richmond con-vention was to be taken, as we have seen, on the 23d ofMay. General McClellan desired to have these two. The West Virginia Battles. THE THREE MONTHS WAR 209 elections take place in Western Virginia without thepresence of Union soldiers therein. He felt sure of theresults in both cases, and he did not wish them falselyattributed to the presence of his troops. The WestVirginians themselves, who had volunteered in the Un-ion service, were for this reason organized and encampedin Ohio at Camp Carlile opposite Wheeling. On the evening of the 26th McClellan at lengthissued his orders to Colonels Kelly and Stedman tocross the Ohio and occupy Wheeling and MccieiianBParkersburg. These orders were success- advance-fully executed in the morning of the 27th. On the 30ththey advanced to Grafton, Porterfields troops havingretired to Philippi, about fifteen miles to the railroad lines from Grafton to Wheeling and Par-kersburg were quickly put in order, and by June 1stan army of six or eight thousand men was collected atGrafton under the com
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