History 3321E Lecture : American South and the Civil War
22 Mar 2012
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Alabama 61 to 39 (votes for) the 39 came from northern alabama (pattern areas with fewer slaves are generally mountins and usually opposed to seccession) Tenesse decided not to have a convention they had a referendum it was 2 to 1. Virginia key to possible success for the confederacy major sothern state could be the swing vote. Richmond virgina becomes the capitial for the confederacy. Lee"s army of northern virgina key to the south. There is a problem throught the war of opposition to the confederacy from southern states. There is clearly a sense of nation hood. In the midst of this war they need to build a country. Very difficult to do have to establish a government whist trying to fight a war. Confederate 11 states/ 9 million people (4 million slaves) (yet the south survived the war for 4 years)
