When Robert E. Lee took command.....

[jonnymacbrown]

When Lee took command and changed the name of the "Army of the Potomac" to "Army of Northern Virginia", and began replacing commanders from division and corps with generals from Virgina he allianated several states, most noteably North Carolina and Georgia.  Both of these states contributed over 47% of the regiments that made up the ANV yet their states were sadly lacking in representation.  Virginia only contributed about 24% of the regiments to the ANV.  Because of this both North Carolina and Georgia began entertaining the idea of leaving the confederacy and making a seperate peace with the Union.  It was only through fast talking by Davis that things smoothed over.

An interesting fact I never knew, gained from Gettysburg The Last Invasion.

If they had left it would have been the end of the rebellion in 1862.

North Carolina was the 2nd to last state to secede and only seceded after Virginia did. jonny