To: Idabilly
May 23, 1861They voted for secession only after the Confederacy had been created and the Civil war was started.
post ex facto much?
143 posted on
05/12/2010 6:50:00 AM PDT by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: usmcobra; Idabilly
You'll also note that the date of the referendum - May 23, 1861 - was over two weeks after Virginia was admitted to the confederacy - May 7, 1861. So the referendum was pointless, the decision had been made without the people being allowed to vote on it.
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