The state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_in_the_American_Civil_War#Secession_convention" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia in the American Civil War">secession convention</a> votes to secede from the United States; Virginia later becomes the eighth state to join the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a>.