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Which two cities served as a capital of the confereracy? ( I know richmond was one what is the other one?)

The union capital was surrounded by land held by this slave holding state -------

What were the 4 states that allowed slavery but stayed loyal to the union?

Answer 1

Okay Mia16, you're probably confused by the varying answers that you have gotten, so if it's any help I can tell you which ones are correct. By the way, I am a long-time history buff, particularly military history.

Greg14's answer is correct, as far as it goes, but Redunicorn's answer is much more complete, particularly in it's reference to the "third" captial of the Confederacy, Danville. This was so only very temporarily, between the fall of Richmond and the surrender at Appomattox a short time later.

Answer 2

Most students of American history know of the first two capitals of the Confederate States of America. There was, however, briefly a third as well.
When the initial seven states of the Deep South (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) broke off in December 1860, the constitutional convention was held and provisional government was formed at Montgomery, Alabama due to its geographic location at the center of those seven states.

As soon as Virginia joined (along with Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas) in April-May 1861, though, the capital was moved to Richmond, a much bigger, more cosmopolitan and industrial city at the time. Richmond served as Confederate capital for nearly four years.

As CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee's forces in the Army of Northern Virginia were finally defeated and Richmond overrun in spring 1865, the Confederate government evacuated down the biggest semi-secure railroad available, the Richmond and Danville Railroad, on the night of 2 April 1865. The government stopped at the end of that line, in the town of Danville, Virginia, on the North Carolina border immediately north of Greensboro. There it stayed until the final series of surrenders, beginning with Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.

So, while Montgomery was the founding location, and Richmond was the control center during the American Civil War, the Confederate capital spent its last week at Danville.



Virginia was a slave holding state and it is next to Washington DC.

The Lincoln administration regarded Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri as border states, critical because of their geographical positions and questionable in loyalty because of their strong ties to both South and North. Slavery existed in all 4 states, though its importance had diminished in Delaware and Maryland as their prewar economies became increasingly interwoven with the North's.
Delaware rejected an invitation to join the Confederacy early in 1861, and through the war remained loyal to the North, mobilizing its industries to provide supplies for the Union Army; despite some Southern sentiments, it never seriously threatened to leave the Union.

Answer 3

Montgomery, Alabama ,,Virginia,,

Delaware Maryland

Kentucky Missouri

Answer 4

These are fairly easy to find . . . (I know I know I shouldn't do your homework) but . . .

1. Montgomery, AL
2. Maryland . . . or it could be Virginia, both were slave holding states. Virginia is probably a safer answer. I'd look this up
3. Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, Kentucky

I'm 100% sure of #1 and 3

Answer 5

i definitly kno that virginia didnt stay loyal, and that it was maryland that was surounding the capital, but i would listen to these people, and to be on the safe side look it up, to say that the other capital was mongomery, AL and the other 3 states that were loyal. plus, i lived in kentucky and they were saying that they had stayed loyal during the cival war, so thats a safe answer.

Answer 6

1. Montgomery, Alabama
2. Virginia
3. Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas

Answer 7

i know missouri, ohio, illinois(i think) and something
but i know missouri was one of them, maybe kentucky