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Richmond in the American Civil War View of Richmond above the Canal Basin, after the Evacuation Fire of 1865 Lithograph depicting the Evacuation Fire (Currier & Ives, 1865) Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 1861 to April 1865.
The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, away from Richmond and into a retreat down the Virginia Peninsula.
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The Battle of Lewis's Farm (also known as Quaker Road, Military Road, or Gravelly Run) was fought on March 29, 1865, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia near the end of the American Civil War. In climactic battles at the end of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign, usually referred to as the Siege of Petersburg, [notes 2] starting with Lewis's Farm, the Union Army commanded by Lieutenant General ...
Those soldiers were likely unaware of the historical impact of that battle or that one day the Battle of Richmond would be cited as the second-largest Civil War battle in Kentucky.
The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky, fought August 29–30, 1862, was one of the most complete Confederate victories in the American Civil War [3] by Major General Edmund Kirby Smith against Union major general William "Bull" Nelson 's forces, which were defending the town. It was the first major battle in the Kentucky Campaign.
List of American Civil War battles in Northern Virginia With less than 150 miles separating the two capital cities of Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, Northern Virginia found itself in the center of much of the conflict of the American Civil War. The area was the site of many battles and bloodshed.
The Richmond National Battlefield Park commemorates 13 American Civil War sites around Richmond, Virginia, which served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for most of the war. The park connects certain features within the city with defensive fortifications and battle sites around it.