Virginia (before 1863)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Virginia_(before_1863)
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery 1865
gptkbp:admittedToUnion June 25, 1788
gptkbp:area ~107,000 sq mi (before 1863)
gptkbp:borders gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Ohio
gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Richmond
gptkbp:firstPermanentEnglishSettlementYear 1607
gptkbp:firstPermanentSettlement gptkb:Jamestown
gptkbp:governorResidence gptkb:Executive_Mansion,_Richmond
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Virginia (before 1863)
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Richmond
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Virginia_General_Assembly
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Sic_Semper_Tyrannis
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkbp:nationalFlower gptkb:Dogwood
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Old_Dominion
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkb:Battle_of_Bull_Run
gptkb:Siege_of_Petersburg
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Revolutionary_War
gptkb:Formation_of_West_Virginia
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Stonewall_Jackson
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkbp:originalColony gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America_(1861–1863)
gptkb:Union_(1788–1861)
gptkbp:readmittedToUnion January 26, 1870
gptkbp:secededFromUnion April 17, 1861
gptkbp:separates gptkb:West_Virginia
1863
gptkbp:slaveState yes
gptkbp:stateBird gptkb:Northern_Cardinal
gptkbp:statehoodOrder 10th
gptkbp:stateSong gptkb:Carry_Me_Back_to_Old_Virginny
gptkbp:stateTree gptkb:Flowering_Dogwood
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jefferson_County,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6