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It the thing of the thing on Europe The Confederates had three capitals. Their first capital city was Montgomery, Alabama, the second was Richmond, Virginia, and the third was Danville, Virginia.
Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
New Orleans. Nashville. Chattanooga. Atlanta. Mobile. Columbia SC. Richmond VA.
The Battle of Richmond was a battle during the Civil War in the United States, fought in August 29 of 1862 and lasting into the 30th. This battle was won by the Confederates, under Major General Edmund Kirby Smith.
Because Richmond was the capitol of the Confederate States of America, where the Confederate leaders were all located. Only miles form Washington DC, capturing the confederate leadership would disrupt all elements of the confederates operations.
They did not burn it....the Confederates did it.
The Confederate capital was Richmond, Virginia.
anything from pistols to an 1861 Richmond Rifle Musket
in Richmond Virginia. the confederates capital.
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Not really a city. It was Petersburg. But it was the last point of protection in front of Richmond, Virginia. By the time Lee surrendered, the Confederates were burning the cotton that lay in the streets of Richmond. This was what caused the city to burn down.
There was no Battle of Richmond. In the spring of 1862, the Union armies were almost in the suburbs of Richmond, from where they were promptly dislodged by Robert E. Lee. The siege of Petersburg (where the Confederates were defending Richmond) ended in March 1865, when Lee tried to escape to the West. The remaining Confederates fled the capital, burning many bales of cotton as they went.
Richmond, Virgina was the confederates capital during the Civil War.
The Confederates, commanded by Robert E. Lee