The largest city in the north was New York, and in the south New Orleans.
The Australian city with the largest population in 1850 was Sydney.
Richmond, Virginia.
Take the city Vicksburg during the Civil War.
Rome at its height it had over a million people living there
harpers ferry
New Orleans
Richmond became the largest Southern city in terms of caring for the wounded soldiers from both sides of the US Civil War. The largest hospital there was called the Chimborazo. For some unknown reason it was named after a volcano in Ecuador.
New Orleans was the world's largest cotton market before the Civil War.
Baker City
Military headquarters would describe the city of Washington DC during the US Civil War.
Paris was the second-largest city in Europe, about 450,000 in 1600.
Boston
There were multiple largest cities in North Carolina before 1910, however, the largest city actually during 1910 was Wilmington.
The Australian city with the largest population in 1850 was Sydney.
Galveston
Richmond, Virginia.
Washington D.C.