(A) Washington
(B) Williamsburg
(C) ** Richmond
(D) Pittsburgh
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -However, on May 8, 1861, in the Confederate Capital City of Montgomery, Alabama, the decision was made to name the City of Richmond, Virginia as the new Capital of the Confederacy. The Confederate capital was moved to Richmond in recognition of Virginia’s strategic importance.
Concept note-2: -Why was Richmond made the Confederate capital and how did that status change life there? Once Virginia seceded, the Confederate government moved the capital to Richmond, the South’s second-largest city.
Concept note-3: -Montgomery, Alabama Also known as the first capital of the Confederacy in the early Civil War period, Montgomery has a complicated history.