The End is Near…
... Confederate capital. Nearly four years into the southern journey to Richmond (and many battles later), the time had come. As the Union Army inched closer to Richmond ready to take over the capital, the Confederates were on their way back. The Confederate government began to quickly pack up their thi ...
... Confederate capital. Nearly four years into the southern journey to Richmond (and many battles later), the time had come. As the Union Army inched closer to Richmond ready to take over the capital, the Confederates were on their way back. The Confederate government began to quickly pack up their thi ...
Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee
... Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia ...
... Was offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war but chose not to fight against Virginia ...
VS 7 Civil War Notes
... The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia in April 1865. ...
... The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia in April 1865. ...
11.1
... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America.” ...
... secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Confederate States of America.” ...
Civil War Review - Social Studies With A Smile
... ___________________, Virginia, the Confederate capital. In 1861, the North was defeated in the Battle of _______________ Run. Meanwhile, the Union’s naval ___________________ did more harm to the South than any other tactic. After a Union victory at Antietam, President Lincoln announced a partial en ...
... ___________________, Virginia, the Confederate capital. In 1861, the North was defeated in the Battle of _______________ Run. Meanwhile, the Union’s naval ___________________ did more harm to the South than any other tactic. After a Union victory at Antietam, President Lincoln announced a partial en ...
The Important People of the Civil War
... Content Objective: Students will learn about the key leaders on and off the Battle Field Language Objective: Students will create a foldable of important Civil War Leaders. ...
... Content Objective: Students will learn about the key leaders on and off the Battle Field Language Objective: Students will create a foldable of important Civil War Leaders. ...
Virginia in the American Civil War
The Commonwealth of Virginia was a prominent part of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. A slave state, a convention was called to act for the state during the secession crisis opened on February 13, 1861, after seven seceding states had formed the Confederacy on February 4. Unionist delegates dominated the convention and defeated a motion to secede on April 4. The convention deliberated for several months, but on April 15 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from all states still in the Union in response to the Confederate capture of Fort Sumter. On April 17, the Virginia convention voted to declare secession from the Union, pending ratification of the decision by the voters.With the entry of Virginia into the Confederacy, a decision was made in May to move the Confederate capital from Montgomery, Alabama, to Richmond, in part because the defense of Virginia's capital was deemed strategically vital to the Confederacy's survival regardless of its political status. Virginians ratified the articles of secession on May 23. The following day, the Union army moved into northern Virginia and captured Alexandria without a fight.Most of the battles in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War took place in Virginia because the Confederacy had to defend its national capital at Richmond, and public opinion in the North demanded that the Union move ""On to Richmond!"" The remarkable success of Robert E. Lee in defending Richmond is a central theme of the military history of the war. The White House of the Confederacy, located a few blocks north of the State Capitol, was home to the family of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.