> If I remember correctly, the decision to secede was never put
> to a popular vote in Virginia. What was the case in the other
southern
> states?
Without checking to be sure (never a good idea), I THINK that
Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas were the only seceding states that did
submit their secession ordinances to a popular referendum.
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Richard Lowe
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