Sentence:  Concerning the sentence , Foss wrote , `` If it be possible that mercy shall override vengeance and that John Brown 's sentence shall be commuted to imprisonment , it would be well - well for the country and for <WSD>Virginia</WSD> '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War