Wheeling Convention

The Wheeling Convention, held in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1861, was a series of two meetings that ultimately repealed the Ordinance of Secession passed by Virginia, thus establishing the splinter state of West Virginia. In part motivated by early Union successes, including the Battle of Philippi Races, it was preceded by the Clarksburg Convention and led to the Constitutional Convention of West Virginia.

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Wheeling, West Virginia - 1861 - Ordinance of Secession - Virginia - West Virginia - Battle of Philippi Races - Clarksburg Convention - Constitutional Convention of West Virginia

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