Second Wheeling Convention

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May 23, 1861

A majority of Virginia voters approved the Ordinance of Secession

May 26, 1861

General George B. McClellan moved his troops to western Virginia to counter Confederate efforts to control the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Jun 11, 1861

One hundred delegates representing 34 counties met at the Second Wheeling Convention

Jun 19, 1861

The convention adopted an ordinance to reorganize Virginia as a loyal state

Jun 20, 1861

Delegates to the Second Wheeling Convention elected Francis H. Pierpont as the governor of Virginia

Jun 25, 1861

The Second Wheeling Convention adjourned, to reconvene on August 6

Jul 01, 1861

Governor Pierpont called the legislature of the Reorganized (also called Restored) Government into session

Aug 06, 1861

The Second Wheeling Convention reconvened

Aug 20, 1861

The Second Wheeling Convention adopted an “Ordinance to Provide for the Formation of a New State out of a Portion of the Territory of this State”

Aug 21, 1861

Its work done, the Second Wheeling Convention adjourned sine die

Oct 24, 1861

Voters in northwestern Virginia approved formation of a new state

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