Members of the Virginia Senate are elected every four years by the voters of the 40 senatorial districts on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November. The last election took place in November 2011.
Battle of Fort Sumter. Events leading to. The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12â14, 1861) was the bombardment of U.S. Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, by the Confederates, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the U.S. Army that started the American Civil War.
When the war began with the firing on Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861), they were joined by four states of the upper South (Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). 1  Play video Sound Smart: Fort Sumter and the Civil War. 2  Play video America Divided. 3  Play video The History of Confederate Monuments in the U.S.