USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On May 23, 1861, voters ratified Virginia’s secession from the United States. Virginia was the largest state in population and industrial capacity to join the Confederacy, which soon moved its capital to Richmond.

Detailed explanation-2: -The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states-Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more-Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Confederacy was formed on February 8, 1861, by seven slave states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most, but not all, Virginians supported the Confederacy. In 1863, Unionists in the western part of the state established West Virginia.