Archive for 'Secession' Category

West Virginia Becomes a State

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Monday, November 30, 2009

Virginia seceded from the Union on April 17, 1861 to become part of the Confederate States of America. While the people of Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains were pleased with the state’s secession, the Virginians who lived west of the Alleghenies, were not pleased to secede from the Union.

Virginia Ordinance of Secession

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009

The second wave of states to secede from the Union was made up of states from the upper South. These states were: Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.