Wheeling Convention

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:date June 11–25, 1861
May 13–15, 1861
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wheeling Convention
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wheeling,_Virginia_(now_West_Virginia)
gptkbp:participants Unionist delegates from northwestern Virginia counties
gptkbp:president gptkb:Arthur_I._Boreman
gptkbp:purpose to discuss Virginia's secession from the Union
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Virginia_Secession_Convention_of_1861
gptkbp:resultedIn creation of the Restored Government of Virginia
eventual creation of West Virginia
gptkbp:significance key event in the formation of West Virginia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wheeling,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6