Cities and Counties

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Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865). It also served as the capital of Virginia, although when the city was about to fall to Union armies in April 1865, the state government, including the governor and General Assembly, moved to Lynchburg for five days. Besides being the political home of the Confederacy, Richmond was a center of rail and industry, military hospitals, and prisoner-of-war camps. . .

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Centreville–Danville

Centreville during the Civil War
Charlottesville during the Civil War
Cities of Virginia
City Point during the Civil War
County Formation during the Colonial Period
Culpeper County during the Civil War
Danville during the Civil War

Epidemic–Reston

Epidemic, The Norfolk and Portsmouth Yellow Fever (1855)
Gordonsville during the Civil War
Lexington during the Civil War
Lynchburg during the Civil War
Martinsburg during the Civil War
Petersburg during the Civil War
Reston, Virginia

Richmond–Winchester

Richmond during the Civil War
Richmond during the Colonial Period
Saltville during the Civil War
Staunton during the Civil War
Williamsburg during the Colonial Period
Winchester during the Civil War

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Cities and Counties

Centreville–Danville

Epidemic–Reston

Richmond–Winchester