With many volunteers due to end their service to the Confederate army, Major General James Longstreet was summoned to Richmond to provide his input on the contemplated conscription act and new policies related to volunteer enlistments. The 1862 Confederate Conscription Act would be the first time in America that draft laws would be enacted. In 1863, the Union also passed a conscription act.
On August 30,1862, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith defeated a Union army under General William Nelson, near Richmond (Kentucky). It was a decisive Confederate victory: the Federal losses were 206 killed, 844 wounded and 4,303 prisoners, those of the Confederates 78 killed, 372 wounded and 1 missing.
On February 17, 1864, the Confederate Conscription Act was passed in order to raise more troops for the Southern armies. The ages of conscripts was expanded to allow for able bodied men between ages 17 to 50. The act also sought to give the central government in Richmond more powers in drafting new soldiers that previously had been left to the individual states.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
The Wilderness.
The Confederate capital was Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond, Virgina was the confederates capital during the Civil War.
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.
The Siege of Vicksburg took down the confederate capital of Richmond,VA.
The battle of Richmond took place at Richmond, Virginia. :)
Richmond was the Confederate capital. The Union figured that if they just pushed through Lee's forces and captured their capital, the Confederates would have to surrender. Of course, they were pushed back every time until 1865 when Grant finally reached the most ultimate goal of capturing the Confederate capital.
On August 30,1862, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith defeated a Union army under General William Nelson, near Richmond (Kentucky). It was a decisive Confederate victory: the Federal losses were 206 killed, 844 wounded and 4,303 prisoners, those of the Confederates 78 killed, 372 wounded and 1 missing.
Jefferson Davis, based at the Confederate White House in Richmond.
The reason Richmond was burned down by the union.the Union thought the confederate states would lose everything by burning down their capital...the confederate states would have no supplies or shelters to store inso the union had won the civil war by burning down Richmond
Richmond, Virgina was the confederates capital during the civil war. This is not correct, Montgomery, Alabama was the first Confederate capital in 1862, Jefferson Davis was sworn in on the steps of the Montgomery Capital building. Also you can still visit the first confederate white house where Jeff Davis and his family lived before the southern capital was moved to Richmond, VA.
to capture Richmond the confederate capital
Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate