Northern forces targeted Richmond, Virginia, because it was home to the South’s biggest factories.
the capital of the Confederacy.
the South’s largest seaport.
no longer defended by Southern armies.

Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state, Virginia held the state convention to deal with the secession crisis, and voted against secession on April 4, 1861.

d. promised it other land