Jack of Harts

Most of Virginia’s counties followed the lead of the Virginia General Assembly meeting in Petersburg. They accepted the Impeachments and naming former Vice President John Jefferson Freemon the new interim Governor of Virginia. And they sent representatives to the General Assembly if their own were unable or unwilling to attend. The majority of Virginia’s law enforcement and military quickly swore to follow the General Assembly and the interim Governor, and it soon became clear to everyone inside and outside Virginia that the tables had turned in the Commonwealth. It would be too much to say that everything fell their way though. The rump Assembly in Richmond officially declared them all rebels and traitors and called for an all out war against anyone who supported the Petersburg Assembly in any way.