[BroJoeK]

wfu_deacons: "Virginia’s population in 1860 was 1,596,318 and the number of slaveholders was 52,128, that works out to about 3.2%."

You forget that all Virginians, just like everyone else, live in families, of which in 1860 there were 201,523.
Of those, 52,128 owned slaves which is 25.9%.

This circa 25% was

• roughly the same as other Upper South states of North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, was
• far more than circa 10% in Border States like Missouri and Maryland, but
• far fewer than 50% of families owning slaves in Deep South states like South Carolina and Mississippi.

wfu_deacons: "You comments about the South’s invasion of Union territory is like comparing a camp fire to Dresden."

No, I'd say it's like comparing Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima.
One started the war, the other ended it.

[wfu_deacons]

The statistics I presented were correct as stated. You can present your statistics anyway you like.