Virginia's Internal Debate over Secession from the Union

"Showdown in Virginia" with Historian Bill Freehling Bill Freehling, noted historian and senior fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, speaks about the turning points in Virginia's months-long, bitter battle over whether to secede from the Union. Freehling, who co-edited the book Showdown in Virginia: The 1861 Convention and the Fate of the Union (2010), was interviewed by radio host Sarah McConnell on the May 1, 2010 broadcast of her show With Good Reason, which is produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.