Where was the capital of the Confederacy in the US Civil War?

Richmond, VA The Confederate capital during the civil war was Richmond Virginia. In the unions plan "Anaconda Plan", one was to capture the capital of the confederacy

The US capital was where it still is today- Washington DC. Washington DC has been the capital since 1800. The capital of the Confederacy was briefly in Montgomery, Alabama, but early in the Civil War it moved to Richmond, Virginia, where it remained until the end of the Confederacy.

During the US Civil War, Washington DC was the capital of the Union (North). The capital of the Confederacy (South) moved several times, but was mainly Richmond VA.

The president of the confederacy (south) was Jefferson Davis. The capital was Richmont, Virginia.

The capital of the US. during the Civil War remained Washington DC, just as it was during the outset of the war. However, Abraham Lincoln had to declare martial law in Maryland to prevent the state from seceding and joining the Confederacy. That would have left his capital surrounded by hostile territory and probably would have forced the US. government to relocate.

As per the above, the Confederacy spent one billion dollars fighting the US Civil War.

During the US Civil War, the US capital was Washington DC. For a time the city was in danger. This was because the slave state of Maryland, although still in the US might have seceded to the Confederacy. If this happened the city would be surrounded by Confederate states and be forced to relocate.

In the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States and former US Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy.

Most of the battles in the US Civil War took place in the Confederacy.

The Southern capital of the Confederacy was originally in Montgomery, Alabama. Soon after the conflict began between The North and the South, the capital was moved to Richmond, Virginia.

The Capital of the US- Washington DC, is SOUTH of Maryland. If Maryland became part of the Confederacy, the US Capital would be surrounded by the Confederate States. And THAT would be rather awkward.

The Battle of Little Bighorn saw 3,500 Cherokee cavalrymen fight for the Confederacy during the US Civil War.

In the US Civil War, the uniform of the Confederacy was gray, and the uniform of the Union was blue.

Richmond, Virginia The first capital was in Montgomery in Alabama (until May 1861). When Richmond fell in 1865, the capital was briefly in Danville, VA. (April 1865)

Abraham Lincoln for the Union; Jefferson Davis for the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

The Confederacy did not win at Gettysburg. It was the turning point of the war with the Confederacy sustaining such losses it would end it's offensive capabilities. The year was 1863.

No, the British did not enter the US Civil War, although the Confederates might have welcomed them.

Technically there were 6 if you include the Confederacy during the Civil War. During the Revolution our capital was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania After the Revolution our capital was New York City In the year 1800 our capital was moved to Washington D.C. Unrecognized capitals of the Confederacy Montgomery, Alabama Richmond, Virginia Danville, Virginia

Union and Confederacy

It is difficult to pinpoint a "high water mark" for the Confederacy during the US Civil War. And, the same can be said of a Union "high water mark". Here the answer does revolve around the surrender of the South, but in each case it involves a period in which a major victory was won, and , or the reaction to it.The question regarding a Southern high point involves a subjective answer. One could easily…

The US capitol now and during the US Civil War was Washington DC.

Washington, DC, same as today. When the US was created, Philadelphia, PA was the first capital, but by the time of the Civil War Washington had been the US capital for many years.

During the US Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was president of the Union and Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy.

Concerning Texas and The US Civil War, Texas joined the Confederacy. The State seceded in February of 1861.

The center State in the US Civil War was Virginia. There are two reasons for this: 1. More battles were fought in Virginia than any other State; and 2. Virginia was home to the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, Va. Richmond was 100 miles or less from the Union capital of Washington DC.

The US Civil war did not involve communists. It was a war between the Northerners (Union) of the United States and the Southerners (the Confederacy)

The Cherokee Nation had been badly mistreated by the US government prior to the US Civil War. They helped the Confederacy to a degree because they believed they might get a "better deal" with the Confederates.

The American Civil War (US Civil War), like the Vietnam war a hundred years later, was an undeclared war. Another words the Confederacy was not recognized as an independent nation by the US Government.

Prior to the outbreak of the US Civil War, the Confederacy initiated financial steps to help fund their anticipated war with the Union. In March of 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy authorized the issuance of treasury notes up to one million dollars. The Confederacy was also bolstered by the $536,000 taken from the former US Mint in New Orleans.

The US civil war began on April 12 1861 when the confederacy attacked union troops stationed at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

Slavery was abolished and the Confederacy was destroyed.

To defeat the Confederacy and put an end to slavery.

They were part of the Confederacy.

No. They were both at the heart of the Confederacy.

Gen Robert E. Lee

confederacy won

Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the U.S. Civil War.

the two sides during the US civil war were the union (North) and the confederacy (south)

At the onset of the US Civil War, 322 US Naval officers resigned their commissions to take positions in the Confederacy.

At the US Civil War Battle of Chattanooga, the Union was led by General US Grant and the Confederacy was led by General Braxton Bragg.

The military leader of the Confederacy was clearly General Robert E. Lee. On the political side of the US Civil War, the president of the Confederacy was its president, Jefferson Davis.

That is the correct spelling of the word confederacy (a confederation). However, when used for the specific US Civil War states (Confederate States of America), it should be capitalized as "the Confederacy".

Ulysses grant (union), and Robert Lee (Confederacy)

The Civil War. The North was the Union and the South, the confederacy.

In regards to the US Civil War, Thomas J. Jackson was fighting for the Southern Confederacy.

The correct term is "confederacy" (collection of states), capitalized "Confederacy" when applied to the South in the US Civil War (Confederate States of America).

because they had a civil war in the capital

Washington d.c.

Washington, DC