Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Governor Letcher” in chapter 1.41, section c.1.41.70, page 361 of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37.:
...ne of them could consistently furnish troops to Mr. Lincoln to prosecute a war which had been brought on by the bad faith and duplicity of his own administration.
As a result, they all refused.
Governor Letcher , of Virginia, though he had been an ardent Union man, answered Mr. Lincoln: You have chosen to inaugurate civil war, and that Virginia could furnish no troops to carry it on.
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