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The leading industrialized city of the South, it became the capital of the Confederacy in May 1861 |
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2025-05-14 |
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On April 3, 1865 its business district was aflame when this Confederate capital fell |
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2019-04-10 |
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An 1865photoshows the extent of destruction in this capital |
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2018-06-07 |
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Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces |
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2006-02-06 |
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Elizabeth Van Lew pretended to be mentally ill but she was really working as a Union spy in this capital of Virginia |
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2004-10-20 |
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After this city fell April 2, 1865, federal troops placed a Union flag on top of the Confederate capitol |
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1999-07-14 |
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After the fall of this city in April 1865, Danville, Virginia became the last Confederate capital |
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1996-05-20 |
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The Battle of the Wilderness was the first stage of a campaign to capture this Confederate capital |
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1995-09-12 |
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Confederate soldiers set fire to much of this Virginia capital before abandoning it in early April 1865 |
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THE CIVIL WAR |
1994-01-05 |
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When Lincoln entered this city April 4, 1865, he went to the Confederate White House & sat at Davis' desk |
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1993-06-10 |
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In June 1861 the New York Tribune was urging the Army "forward to" this Confederate capital |
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1993-02-15 |
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