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Nathaniel Beverley Tucker to Richard Cocke, January 10, 1861 MSS 9954, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
G. W. Imboden to John McCue, February 12, 1861 McCue Papers, MSS 4406, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Waitman T. Willey Addresses the Convention on the Loyalty of Western Virginia, February 21, 1861
 
J. D. Imboden to John McCue, February 24, 1861 McCue Papers, MSS 4406, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
John W. Davis to his Brother, March 3, 1861 MSS 1393, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Speech, March 4, 1861
 
Lawrence Pitman to O.P. Smith, March 11, 1861 Steele Family Papers, MSS 10616, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Maj. Thomas to Governor Letcher, March 12, 1861 MSS 38-390, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
John H. Cochran to his mother, March 19, 1861 Cochran Family Letters, 1860-1861, (MS 92-032), Civil War Collections, Special Collections Department, Virginia Tech
 
S.W. Britten to Joseph P. Gilliam, March 22, 1861 Gilliam Family Papers, MSS 3593, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
J.W. Parrish to his Sister, March 27, 1861 MSS 1035, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Mrs. (Senator) William Cabell Rives to her Daughter, March 29, 1861 Rives Family Papers, MSS 4498-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
A Resolution Concerning the Movement of Troops Within Virginia, April 1, 1861 Executive Papers, Governor John Letcher, Box 8, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
John R. Kilby to John Tyler, April 8, 1861 Executive Papers, Governor John Letcher, Box 8, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
Report on Absentees to the Virginia Convention, 1861 Convention of 1861, General Records, Box 6, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
An Ordinance adopting the Constitution of the Confederate States (Draft), April, 1861 Convention of 1861, General Records, Box 5, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
John H. Cochran to his Mother, April 14, 1861 Cochran Family Letters, 1860-1861, (MS 92-032), Civil War Collections, Special Collections Department, Virginia Tech
 
J.W. Parrish to his Sister, April 14, 1861 MSS 1035, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
J.W. Gilliam to his Brother, April 15, 1861 Gilliam Family Papers, MSS 3593, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Draft Secession Resolutions of the Richmond Convention, by G.W. Richardson MSS 38-399, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Philip Pendleton to John Pendleton Kennedy, April 29, 1861 MSS 10159-f, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
J.W. Parrish to his Sister, May 10, 1861 MSS 1035, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Declaration by the Wheeling Convention, June 13, 1861 E534 .V43, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Secession Proclamation Draft, June 14, 1861 Convention of 1861, General Records, Box 2, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
A Proclamation Concerning Taxation, June 14, 1861 Convention of 1861, General Records, Box 2, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
Resolutions adopted by the Convention of Virginia, June 29, 1861 Convention of 1861, General Records, Box 6, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
Alex Cressler to Henry A. Bitner, July 30, 1861 MSS 11395, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
The Wheeling Convention Nullifies the Actions of the Convention in Richmond, August 9, 1861 Ordinances of the Convention of West Virginia, 1861, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
The Wheeling Convention Passes an Ordinance for the Formation of a New State, August 20, 1861 Ordinances of the Convention of West Virginia, 1861, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
John Echols to Governor Letcher, November 11, 1861 Convention of 1861, General Records, Box 6, Archival Collections, The Library of Virginia
 
Abraham Lincoln on the Admission of West Virginia, December, 1862
 
The Constitution of West Virginia E534 .V43, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia
 
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech, March 4, 1865