The population was continuing to move westward and it was safer from attacks by the Spanish or British
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.
The Confederate Capital moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia as a condition for Virginia's session from the union. In the last days of the war, when General Grant's army entered Richmond, Jefferson Davis moved the Capital from Richmond to Danville, Virginia.
Montgomery, Alabama - February 4, 1861�May 29, 1861.Richmond, Virginia - May 29, 1861�April 9, 1865.Richmond, Virginia.
Before the Civil War Montgomery Alabama was considered the capital of the south. When Virginia entered the confederacy during the Civil War, the capital of the South was moved to Richmond Virginia.
The Confederacy moved its capital from Alabama to Richmond, Virginia. It remained there for the better part of the Civil War. Much to the concern of Lincoln as he could not understand why the Army of the Potomac could not capture it earlier. Richmond is a stone's throw away from Washington DC.
Actually it was the other way around. It moved from Jamestown to Williamsburg and then to Richmond. Richmond was the capital in the civil war so it stayed there.
Richmond, Virginia.
It became the Capital in about 1698, and moved to Richmond in 1780.
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.
Montgomery, Alabama was the initial confederate capital city. The confederate capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. The last Confederate capital was Danville, Virginia.
The capital city of the Confederacy was Richmond, Virginia. It was moved from Montgomery, Alabama.
It started as Jamestown then it moved to Williamsburg then to Richmond.
williamsburg moved to Richmond in 1780
Montgomery, Alabama was a temporary capital until it later moved to Richmond, Virginia
The Confederate Capital moved from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia as a condition for Virginia's session from the union. In the last days of the war, when General Grant's army entered Richmond, Jefferson Davis moved the Capital from Richmond to Danville, Virginia.
It was Jamestown and moved to Williamsburg then to Richmond
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.