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Based on European military experts, such as Carl Philip Gottieb von Clausewitz, and Antoine Henri Jomini, the capture of an enemy's capital city would be a blow to the morale of the enemy and also eliminate what was termed a center of gravity. This in its basic terms means that the in most situations, a so-called center of gravity, is a city or territory where the strengths of an enemy resided.US President Lincoln was not a military expert, however, his common sense called for the capture of Richmond and the South's realization that it had lost a major city. A city where the Confederate government had its home.

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