Civil War Cartoons

How Virginia was voted out of the Union

Photo from A Virginia Village Goers to War: Falls Church During the Civil War, by Bradley E Gernand, page 25.

Voter Indimidation

"This cartoon ridiculing the lack of freedom in voting for secession was carried in Harpers Weekly.  a number of Fairfax residents who would probably have voted against secession stayed away from the pools because of intimidation and threats of violence by secessionists.  Fairfax voted overwhelmingly in favor of seceding. Virginia State Library" Photo and quote from Fairfax County, Virginia: A History.