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Richmond was declared the capital of the Confederacy in May of 1861. It was captured in 1865 after General Ulysses S. Grant tore through Virginia at Spotyslvania, Wilderness, Cold Harbor and eventually Petersburg. Grant's relentless assaults against Lee's Army of Northern Virginia severly weakened Confederate forces and rendered them ineffective in Richmond's defense. Confederates burned the city before its evacuation in 1865. After the burning of Richmond, the Civil War was essentially over.

 

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