If I remember correctly, today, April 17 is the day on which Virginia seceded.

Interestingly, let’s recall that parts of certain seceding states were split as to their loyalties. Most famously, were the Western counties of Virginia, which decided to stay with the Unites States and instead seceded from the secession ! Also, states like Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama also had areas unwilling to secede and in time would furnish troops for the Union.

We all remember the observation of Knoxville, Tennessee in the early weeks of the secession, where there was a Confederate recruiting stand with uniformed officers, nco’s and flags attracting would-be recruits at one end of the main street and a Union army recruiting stand doing similarly for Honest Abe at the other end.