Jack of Harts

The situation in Virginia became both more stable and more chaotic after the General Assembly began meeting in Petersburg. The rump Assembly still meeting in Richmond declared them illegitimate. The Petersburg Assembly returned the favor. Most Virginia counties picked one or the other to follow. As did most military or law enforcement organizations. This was the more stable part. People moved from one to the other, sometimes by choice, and sometimes just ahead of mobs with baseball bats and knives. Some did not get out before the mobs found them. Law enforcement calls sometimes went unanswered, and sometimes officers from the OTHER Virginia answered the calls. Sometimes local officers or military rolled out to stop them, and sporadic fighting raged throughout the border counties. This was where the chaos came in.