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  2. American Civil War Museum - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War Museum is a multi-site museum in the Greater Richmond Region of central Virginia, dedicated to the history of the American Civil War.The museum operates three sites: The White House of the Confederacy, the American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, and the American Civil War Museum at Appomattox.

  3. Tredegar Iron Works - Wikipedia

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    The Civil War Visitor Center at Tredegar Iron Works is located in the restored pattern building and offers three floors of exhibits, an interactive map table, a film about the Civil War battles around Richmond, a bookstore, and interpretive NPS rangers on site daily to provide programs and to aid visitors.

  4. Richmond in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War from May 1861 to April 1865. Besides its political status, it was a vital source of weapons and supplies for the war effort, as well as the terminus of five railroads; as such, it would have been defended by the Confederate States Army ...

  5. List of museums in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    19th-century period boyhood home of R.J. Reynolds, operated by Virginia Tech: Richmond County Museum: Warsaw: Richmond: Chesapeake Bay: Local history: website: Richmond National Battlefield Park: Richmond: Richmond: Central: Civil War: Commemorates over 30 American Civil War sites around Richmond Richmond Railroad Museum: Richmond: Richmond ...

  6. Centennial Dome - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the most modern structures ever built in Richmond. [citation needed] Built for the 1961 Civil War Centennial, it served as the Jonah L. Larrick Student Center on the Medical College of Virginia campus of Virginia Commonwealth University until 2007. The Centennial Center was part of a major national effort to commemorate the Civil War.

  7. History of Richmond, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The history of Richmond, Virginia, as a modern city, dates to the early 17th century, and is crucial to the development of the colony of Virginia, the American Revolutionary War, and the Civil War. After Reconstruction , Richmond's location at the falls of the James River helped it develop a diversified economy and become a land transportation hub.

  8. Richmond National Battlefield Park - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Libby Prison - Wikipedia

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    1865 photograph of Libby Prison. Libby Prison was a Confederate prison at Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.In 1862 it was designated to hold officer prisoners from the Union Army, taking in numbers from the nearby Seven Days battles (in which nearly 16,000 Union men and officers had been killed, wounded, or captured between June 25 and July 1 alone) and other conflicts of the ...