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Virginia seceded almost immediately after Lincoln's call for troops.

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The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, and Lincoln's call for Union volunteers.

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Was the event that caused Viginia to secede, Lincoln's election?

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Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States

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Lincoln's election victory of November 1860 (first Republican win).

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