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Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 13: (search)
runaway horse. a rescue. At this time the condition of affairs in the State of Virginia--the Old Dominion, as it was generally denominated-presented a most perple of its earlier settlement, and by reason of climate, soil and situation, Eastern Virginia remained the region of large plantations, with a heavy slave population, aording to a census, which had been recently taken, it was ascertained that Eastern Virginia held but a few thousands. It was not a matter of surprise, therefore that would enable them to fully and finally repudiate the treasonable revolt of East Virginia. Many circumstances favored their position. The state of Ohio, immediat On the 23d day of May the State voted upon the ordinance of secession, and East Virginia, under complete military domination, accepted the ordinance, while West Virir regrets that the war had commenced, they regarded their separation from Eastern Virginia, with undisguised satisfaction. At midnight, on the second evening, the