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Yes. The capital was moved from Montgomery, Alabama when Virginia seceded and joined the Confederacy. Although Richmond is only about 100 miles from Washington, DC, it was not until the end of the Civil War that Union armies captured the city.

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Richmond, the capital of Virginia, was the capital of the Confederacy (South) from April, 1861 to April, 1865, when it fell to Union armies.

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