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The Capitol of the Confederacy was at Richmond, VA. It was located very close to the US Capitol at Washington, DC. The war started with the Confederates threatening to march into Washington and capture it. So in 1864, the Union forces under General Grant made an attempt to drive through the Confederate lines and take their Capitol at Richmond.
Since the war had been going on for 3 years, the defensive positions were very strong on the Eastern side of Richmond. Due to that and other reasons, General Grant moved his main force to the south of Richmond to attack. One reason was that he wanted to cut all railroad lines going into Richmond so they could not get fresh troops or supplies. Petersburg was on one of the rail lines and there was one more further West. The plan was to cut off Richmond from the south and then move in to capture the city.
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