The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted into the Union as a free and independent State under the name of West Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by North Carolina. Seceded June 8, 1861. Readmitted to representation by joint resolution of July 24, 1866. 41,330 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia. 47,752 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by France under the treaty of Paris of Apr. 30, 1803. Seceded Jan. 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.

Tennessee

36,185 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
47,689 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the States of Georgia and
South Carolina. Seceded Jan. 9, 1861. Readmitted to representation by act of
Feb. 23, 1870.

56,345 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
51,705 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the States of South Carolina
and Georgia. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon ratify-
ing the fourteenth amendment, July 13, 1868.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Massachusetts.

69,697 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France,
under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

2,483,769 53,187 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France,
under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803. Seceded May 6,
1861. Readmitted to representation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment,
June 22, 1868.

58,527 Formedfrom territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
58,664 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Spain by treaty of Washing-
ton of Feb. 22, 1819. Seceded Jan. 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon
ratifying the fourteenth amendment, June 25, 1868.

266,807 This State was originally a part of the Republic of Mexico, but by a successful re-
volt the people established for themselves an independent republican govern-
ment, and were subsequently annexed to the United States. Seceded Feb. 1,
1861. Readmitted to representation by the act of Mar. 30, 1870.

Formed from a portion of the Territory of Wisconsin, as the "Territory of Iowa,"
June 12, 1838.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of Michigan, as the "Territory of Wisconsin," Apr. 20, 1836.