Jack of Harts

The Petersburg Assembly grew to control the majority of Virginia’s landmass, if nowhere near a majority of its population. It started in the Shenandoah Valley, stretching from Winchester to Lexington to Bristol and beyond. Most of the counties bordering the Blue Ridge Mountains also followed them, including the fairly major cities of Charlottesville and Lynchburg. And the counties surrounding Norfolk and Hampton also joined what some called the breakaway Virginia. They controlled the majority of the military and law enforcement in the end, though the much larger land area diluted their strength greatly. The other Virginia ran many successful raids for valuable materials and people because of this. How else did a legitimate government deal with rebels? Damn Rebels for the more salty. Or worse. Many outsiders called them South Virginia, to their utter and complete disdain. They were the only “real” Virginia after all.