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To: BroJoeK

Your secession vote map is off quite a bit for the state of Virginia.

Here is a version with green showing the counties in Appalachia that actually voted for secession:
https://www.civilwartalk.com/threads/appalachia-county-secession-vote-map-1860-1861.110342/

And here is a similar map that shows the counties that were placed in the state of West Virginia despite their previous vote for secession:
https://sites.google.com/site/wvotherhistory/may-23-1861-vote-on-secession-from-u-s-/west-virginia-secession-map


141 posted on 12/07/2018 10:14:09 AM PST by rustbucket
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To: rustbucket
rustbucket: "Your secession vote map is off quite a bit for the state of Virginia."

Well... West Virginia was, ah, complicated.
You can draw those maps different ways.
Here's one way:


143 posted on 12/07/2018 4:41:24 PM PST by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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