CSPAN3 Civil War Battle Flags January 18, 2015
Charleston to the chesapeake. If you are loyal to the union then this was your government. Wheeling was your capital and this was your government. If you are loyal to the union. If you are not, you recognized the government in richmond. The richmond government did not recognize this government, this government did not recognize the richmond government. The important thing is the United States of america recognize the restored government in wheeling as the legitimate government of virginia. By the way, that brings up an important point. This is the only city in our nation that can say it was th...