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Throughout western Virginia, citizens met in support of or opposition to the action taken by the
delegates at the Richmond Convention. The majority of westerners opposed the Ordinance of
Secession. In response to a call issued two days prior, on Monday, April 22, 1861, nearly twelve
hundred Harrison County citizens gathered at the courthouse in Clarksburg to respond to the
Ordinance of Secession. Those in attendance criticized the actions taken by the Virginia
government, and resolutions submitted by John Carlile called for delegates from all of
northwestern Virginia to gather at Wheeling on May 13 for a larger convention.
Primary Documents:Resolutions Adopted at the Clarksburg ConventionMayor's Proclamation, Wheeling, 19 April 1861 (Wheeling Artificial Collection, Ms2006-044) Meeting in Guyandotte, 20 April 1861 Broadside for Union Rally in Fairmont, 29 April 1861 |
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