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That's completely true but you could still defend Richmond and the Iron Works without making Richmond the Capital. There will still be plenty of Confederate troops there as Washington D.C. is so nearby. As the Confederacy now has a Capital in Western Theater and the Union has one in the Eastern Theater the fronts will be equal.
Now, does anyone have any ideas on the new Union strategy?
From everything I've read the move to Richmond was more practical than anything else. As mentioned above the iron works were vital to the Confederacy and they thus had to defend them.
Consolidating the capital and the iron works meant one army could defend both.
Since you could not move the works, you move the capital
That's completely true but you could still defend Richmond and the Iron Works without making Richmond the Capital. There will still be plenty of Confederate troops there as Washington D.C. is so nearby. As the Confederacy now has a Capital in Western Theater and the Union has one in the Eastern Theater the fronts will be equal.
Now, does anyone have any ideas on the new Union strategy?