Ask your fishmonger or oyster shucker about the harvest date. It can be found on the bag tag, which is a slip of paper that comes in every bag of oysters. Growers are required to provide them and sellers are required to keep them on hand. Myth #2: Oysters are delicious, but not that nutritious.
General view of the burned district of Richmond (Library of Congress). On May 20 [1861], the Confederate Congress voted to move the government to Richmond...With that, Virginia's capital had become the very symbol of the Confederacy, and the ultimate prize in a bloody war.
The Civil War in Virginia - A Timeline. More major Civil War battles were fought in Virginia than in any other state. 1861. April 1861: With Virginia's secession from the Union, Richmond, in Central Virginia, was named the Capitol of the Confederacy. July 1861: First Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, in Northern Virginia, resulted in a Southern victory.