[Non-Sequitur]

May 23, 1861 - Virginia voters approve secession by a vote of 97,750 to 32,134.

There's an interesting sidepoint to that fun fact. And that is on May 9, 1861, two weeks before the vote, Virginia was admitted to the confederacy. I wonder what would have happened if the vote had gone against secession?

[mainepatsfan]

It would have been particularly embarrassing for the Confederate government considering that they had just moved their capital to Richmond.