Under Lincoln's leadership, the Union set up a naval blockade that shut down the South's normal trade, took control of the border slave states at the start of the war, gained control of communications with gunboats on the southern river systems, and tried repeatedly to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.

Virginia declared its secession and was rewarded with the Confederate capital, despite the exposed position of Richmond so close to Union lines.

Pope complied with Lincoln's strategic desire to move toward Richmond from the north, thus protecting the capital from attack.

The opposition was appalled, with the Richmond Whig for example, referring to him as " the vilest radical and most unscrupulous demagogue in the Union.

Expansion boards were made by Richmond Sound Design that allow their show control and sound design software to communicate with their custom hardware frames either by ribbon cable or fiber optic cable for long distances, allowing the Amiga to control up to eight million digitally controlled external audio, lighting, automation, relay and voltage control channels spread around a large theme park, for example.

The next big growth occurred with the advent of World War II, when large numbers of people moved to the Bay Area to work in the many war industries, such as the immense Kaiser Shipyards in nearby Richmond.

After six months he moved to Raleigh and worked with Johnnie and Jack before heading for Richmond, Virginia, where he performed with Sunshine Sue Workman.

He also suffered a broken knee cap at Pocono Raceway when he flipped after contact with Tim Richmond.

Poe moved back with the Allans to Richmond, Virginia in 1820.

Poe gave up on the university after a year, and, not feeling welcome in Richmond, especially when he learned that his sweetheart Royster had married Alexander Shelton, he traveled to Boston in April 1827, sustaining himself with odd jobs as a clerk and newspaper writer.

Reinstated by White after promising good behavior, Poe went back to Richmond with Virginia and her mother.

On May 16, 1836, he had a second wedding ceremony in Richmond with Virginia Clemm, this time in public.

Poe then returned to Richmond and resumed a relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Elmira Royster.

There was worse to follow, with various Essendon players publicly blaming each other for the poor performance against Richmond, and then, with dissension still rife in the ranks, the side plummeted to an embarrassing 28 point loss to VFA premiers Footscray Football Club in a special charity match played a week later in front of 46, 100 people, in aid of Dame Nellie Melba's Disabled Soldiers ' Fund, purportedly ( but not officially ) for the championship of Victoria.

In May 1974, a controversial half time all-in-brawl with Richmond at Windy Hill and a 1975 encounter with Carlton were testimony of the era.

In 1927, the Gennett studios in Richmond, Indiana, made a recording of black fiddler Jim Booker with other instrumentalists ; their recordings were labeled " made for Hillbilly " in the Gennett files, and were marketed to a white audience.

Richmond Hill was decommissioned after the close of 405 line broadcasts, although the 200ft tower remained in use for radio with Manx Radio transmitting on 96. 9 MHz and then 97. 3 MHz until 1989.

Later that year, Booth played the part of an Indian, Uncas, in a play staged in Petersburg, Virginia, and then became a stock company actor at the Richmond Theatre in Virginia, where he became increasingly popular with audiences for his energetic performances.

Bill Richmond collaborated with him on the many sight gags.

Lewis followed The Bellboy by directing several more films which he co-wrote with Richmond, including The Ladies Man ( 1961 ), The Errand Boy ( 1961 ), The Patsy ( 1964 ) and the well-known comedy, The Nutty Professor ( 1963 ).

In 1965, Lewis directed and ( along with Bill Richmond ) wrote the comedy film The Family Jewels about a young heiress who must choose among six uncles, one of whom is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.

On April 3, 1865, with Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant poised to capture Richmond, Davis escaped for Danville, Virginia, together with the Confederate Cabinet, leaving on the Richmond and Danville Railroad.

Richmond is the capital of Virginia, and its metropolitan area has a population of over 1. 2 million.

The population within the city limits was 204, 214 in 2010, with an estimated population of 1, 269, 380 for the Richmond Metropolitan Area — making it the third largest in Virginia.

On April 18, 1780, the state capital was moved from the colonial capital of Williamsburg to Richmond, to provide a more centralized location for Virginia's increasing westerly population, as well as to isolate the capital from British attack.

The city of Richmond operates 28 elementary schools, nine middle schools, and eight high schools, serving a total student population of 24, 000 students.

The county contained numerous early crossroads settlements connecting the new western frontier with the population centers of Petersburg and Richmond to the north and east and until recent times owed much of its prospertity to tobacco.

In 2005 62. 0 % of Richmond County's population was non-Hispanic whites.

Richmond is the county seat of Wayne County and in 2010 had a population of 36, 812.

According to an estimate released in 2009 by the United States Census Bureau, Wayne County, of which Richmond is the county seat, had a relatively high population of divorced residents: 19. 2 percent.

The 2010 United States Census reported that East Richmond Heights had a population of 3, 280.

It's also home to the twenty-eighth highest percentage of Peruvian residents in the US, at 1. 8 % of the population ( tied with Richmond West.

As of 2000, South Miami had the twenty-sixth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 19. 58 % of the populace, while it had the fortieth highest percentage of Nicaraguan residents in the US, at 1. 04 % of the city's population ( tied with Richmond Heights, FL and Lake Butler, FL.

By 1870, Richmond ( Wayne Township ) had surpassed Centerville in business, population, and tax revenue.

These factors led the population of Wayne Township to demand the county seat be moved to Richmond.

Most of the population commutes to larger cities such as Richmond, Port Huron, and Imlay City.

As of 2010 Richmond Heights had a population of 10, 546.

Richmond Park supports a large population of what are believed to be Ring-necked ( or Rose-ringed ) Parakeets.

Richmond has an immigrant population of 60 %, the highest in Canada.

As Richmond continued to prosper and expand during the nineteenth century, much luxurious housing was built on the streets that line Richmond Hill, as well as shops in the town centre to serve the increasing population.

Richmond Hill ( 2011 population 185, 541 ) is a town located in Southern Ontario, Canada in the central portion of York Region, Ontario.

Once considered the " Rose Capital of the World ", Richmond Hill has in recent years seen a huge population upsurge, being Canada's fastest-growing community in the 1990s.

The act expanded Richmond Hill's borders, annexing parts of Whitchurch Township, Markham Township, Vaughan Township and King Township into Richmond Hill, expanding the area covered from to and the population from a little over 19, 000 to some 34, 000.