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Article: A CIVIL WAR TALE OF TWO CITIES MAJORITY OF BATTLES FOUGHT WITHIN 200 MILES OF THE NORTH'S, SOUTH'S CAPITALS.(TRAVEL)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 23, 1995
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Byline: MICHAEL KILIAN Chicago Tribune
The American Civil War was a tale of two cities.
It is sometimes called The War Between the States, especially in the South, but more than anything, the conflict was a war fought between and for the two capitals.
Divided by a scant 100 miles of Virginia and a few broad rivers, Washington and Richmond were the nerve centers of the two armies and the all-consuming goal of each.
The South fought to repel and survive. The Union might blockade its ports, seize the full length of the Mississippi and march through Georgia to the sea, but as long as the South's flag flew over the neo-classical ...