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| T = Tidewater, P = Piedmont, <= Blue Ridge Mountains, > Shenandoah Valley, dot = Culpeper Courthouse |
Virginia Population (1860 census):
Total Population = 1,596,318
Free Population = 1,105,453
Slave Population = 490,865
Free Families = 201,523
Slaveholders = 52,128
% Families w/slaves = 26%
% Slaves per population = 31%
Capital City - Richmond
Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond)
Norfolk Naval Yards
Shenandoah Valley - The "breadbasket of the Confederacy"
160,000 Virginians fight for the Confederacy (more than any other state).
122 Civil War battles were fought in Virginia, more than 3 times the battles in second place Tennessee (38).
Other states with > 10 battles (List of battles by state):
Missouri = 29, GA = 27, LA = 23, N.C. = 20, Ark = 17, Mississippi = 16, W.V. = 15, KY = 11, S.C. = 11
Notable Virginians in the Civil War
Hard War in Virginia During the Civil War
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