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Deputy Governor
Appointed Deputy Governor of Virginia
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Virginia in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Appointed Deputy Governor of Virginia
Appointed Governor of Virginia
Appointed Governor of Virginia
Appointed Captain in the 1st Virginia Cavalry
Appointed Captain in the 1st Virginia Cavalry
Virginia convention votes to secede after the attack on Fort Sumter
Serves with the Iron Brigade during Union campaigns in Virginia.
Leads the army of Northern Virginia. Appointed Commander of the army of North Virginia
Leads the army of Northern Virginia. Appointed Commander of the army of North Virginia
Enters the University of Virginia Law School
Appointed Governor of Virginia
Douglas Wilder, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, launches his successful campaign to become the first elected black Governor of a US state
1st elected African-American Governor in the United States
1st elected African-American Governor in the United States
Provenance
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