FUNdamental Wrote:
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> Song of the South Wrote:
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> > Hell yes we are southern! We live in VIRGINIA.
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> > We seceded from the Union in April 1861. I
> still
> > fly my rebel flag with pride.
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> Arlington County was part of DC at the sart of the
> War. Right before the war started, Union forces
> moved in and secured Alexandria,for the North.
> Fairfax was confedate, but it was mainly farmland.
Nope, Arlington was part of VA at the start of the Civil War. Congress returned Arlington to VA in 1846. You're right that it was occupied quickly once VA seceded though.
http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/cphd/planning/data_maps/cphdplanningdataandmapsprofile.aspx - Scroll down to "History"