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Richmond was important for several reasons. It was one of the four or five largest cities in the south.
The Confederate government began in Montgomery, Alabama, but once Virginia seceded the Confederate government moved to Richmond. So Richmond was the seat of the Confederate government, with its president, Congress and government departments headquartered there. The existence of this Rebel government one hundred miles directly south of Washington D. C. caused many to develop "strategic tunnel vision" and to focus on the area between Richmond and Washington as the main theater of the war.
The Confederacy could have probably survived the loss of Richmond, if all that it had meant was that the government bureaus had to move somewhere else.
But Richmond was also vitally important as an industrial and transportation center.
The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond were one of only two factories in the entire south capable of casting a cannon, or of rolling sheets of iron up to two inches thick for armor for ships. Other major iron works in Nashville and New Orleans were lost in the first few months of 1862, adding to the importance of continued Confederate possession of Richmond. The railroads, canals and rivers of the Richmond area were also vitally important.
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∙ 8y agoThe capital city of the Confederacy had been moved by Confederate President Jefferson Davis from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia. The change was significant as it produced more influence the entire Confederacy. Also, Richmond had at least some industry in it. With Virginia bordering only a "river away" from Washington DC, it became a primary target for the Union, however, it failed, until the very end of the war to actually assault the city and capture it. Virginia had rich farm lands in the Shenandoah Valley and a seacoast on the Atlantic Ocean. It also had major railway links to many parts of the South.
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∙ 13y agobecause they had tons of factories, their strong military leader, and all the people living there.
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Who started secession?
Secession was started in South Carolina on December 20th, 1860.
Who was dred Scott and and why was he important to the civil war?
It is important because it caused the election of Abraham Lincoln and thus leading to the secession of the south and the beginning of the civil war.
Did secession cause the Civil War?
secession was a part of the civil war. the south had succeededfrom the north.
What event in 1860 turned to the secession crisis into a civil war?
The secession of South Carolina from the Union
What year was secession of south Carolina?
2007
Why was virginias government important?
It introduced the concept of self government and democracy to the America's.
What did the south use to justify their secession?
State's rights
Who seceded in the secession attack at ft Sumter?
the south
What was the aim of the compromise of 1850?
To prevent secession of the South.
What is the South Carolina declaration of causes and secession?
Ansewer to CHEIKH CODé GUEYE Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina from the federal union.
who was Alexander Stephans and what was important about him?
Alexander Stephans was a Georgian who was against secession in the Antebellum period. When Georgia did secceed, he became VP of the confederate state of America or the south. the president of the south was Jefferson Davis.
What were the effects of South Carolina's secession from the Union?
Other Southern states followed South Carolina's lead in secession and ultimately this led to the skirmish at Ft. Sumtner and the Civil War.
