The Confederates burned Richmond as President Davis and his cabinet fled to make sure the Union Army could not use Confederate resources.
During the American Civil War, Richmond became the capital of the Confederate States of America.
On April 2, 1865, more than 25% of the buildings in the city were destroyed by fire after the withdrawal of the Confederate soldiers, who burned all the Confederate resources to make them unusable for the Union.
On April 3, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army captured Richmond, and the state capital was then transferred to Lynchburg. The Army of North Virginia, commanded by Robert Lee retired and surrendered six days later before Grant in the Appomattox Court House, becoming the symbolic end of the war.
They would be...
-killed
-tortured
-be bidded on
Native Americans and Americans played a cosmic role in the settling of the manifest destiny.
It you felt this way you would likely go to the "<span>The Supremacy Clause" to support your argument that the federal government should assert itself, because this says that the federal government under the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land".</span>
