The first capital of the Confederacy was in Montgomery, Alabama. After the Confederate constitution was ratified, Confederate President, Jefferson Davis moved the capital to Richmond Virginia. The new capital was approximately 100 miles south of Washington DC.
Montgomery, Alabama.
For most of the war the capital was in Richmond, in Virginia.
The state was Virginia and the capital was Richmond.
Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Richmond, Virginia was the second and final capital of the Confederacy, and also that states capital.
No, Shreveport was never the official capital of the Confederacy. The capital of the Confederate States was originally Montgomery, Alabama, and later moved to Richmond, Virginia. However, during the final months of the Civil War, Shreveport served as the temporary capital of the Confederate State of Louisiana as the Confederacy faced collapse.
The capital city of the Confederacy was Richmond, Virginia. It was moved from Montgomery, Alabama.
Because the Capital of the Confederacy was in Richmond.
Richmond was the capital.
For the majority of its existence, the capital of the CSA was Richmond, Virginia. The state capitals of the Confederacy were the same as they are presently in those states.
* St. Stephens was the Capital of the Territory of Alabama in 1817. * Huntsville was the State Capital in 1819. * Cahawba was the State Capital in 1820. * Tuscaloosa was the State Capital in 1826. * Montgomery became the State Capital in 1846 and * Montgomery was the Confederate State Capital in 1861.