Formation
When the Second Wheeling Convention met in its first session, in June 1861, it adopted "A Declaration of the People of Virginia," The declaration stated that Virginia's Ordinance of Secession was illegal, since it had been adopted at a convention that had not been convened by referendum. It also called for a reorganization of the state government, taking the line that all state officials who had acceded to the Ordinance of Secession had effectively vacated their offices. The convention then elected a new governor and other officers and created the reorganized state government. President Abraham Lincoln recognized the Restored Government as the legitimate authority for the whole of Virginia, and the United States Congress seated the two new U.S. Senators chosen by its legislature, and three U.S. Representatives elected in its districts. By the autumn of 1861, Confederate forces had been expelled from most of what was then northwestern Virginia, establishing for the time being the area where the Restored Government exercised de facto authority.
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