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| Wednesday April 17, 1861 |
The Virginia secession convention meeting in Richmond votes to
secede by a vote of 88 to 55. A popular referendum will be held
on May 23 to have the people of Virginia formally vote on
secession. The convention also calls for the governor to call on
the militia to protect the state from any federal act of coercion.
Missouri and Tennessee refuse to furnish their quotas of
volunteers to help put down the rebellion.
The Federal government continues to land troops at Fort Pickens
in Pensacola harbor.