June 13 - Robert Toombs House
The Family on the Go visits the Robert Toombs House Historic Site in Washington, Georgia.
The City of Washington Georgia
The City of Washington Georgia..Washington is a city in Wilkes County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,295 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wilkes County. The city is often referred to as Washington-Wilkes by local residents, to distinguish it from other places named Washington in the U.S.. Several historic sites in Washington.. Great Town To Explore Real People Are Great.
Statesboro - Georgia, USA
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*City of Statesboro - Georgia
Statesboro is the largest city and county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, United States, located in the southeastern part of the state.
Statesboro is part of the Savannah–Hinesville–Statesboro Combined Statistical Area. As of 2015, the Statesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Bulloch County, had an estimated population of 72,651. The city itself had a population of 28,422 in the 2010 census.The city had an estimated 2015 population of 30,721. Statesboro is the largest Micropolitan Statistical Area in Georgia. It is largest city in the Magnolia Midlands Region.
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The Fall Of The House Of Dixie Part 1 - Bruce Levine
The immense power of the South before the Civil War; including its control over The Supreme Court, The Congress, and The White House, as well as the destruction of The Confederacy and the society it represented and defended.
This episode of the Massachusetts School of Law's Program, Books Of Our Time, is dedicated to Bruce Levine's book - The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South. Mr. Levine discusses Mr. Levine is a Professor of history at The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The host is Lawrence R. Velvel, Dean of The Massachusetts School of Law.
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HOW CAN I BE OUT OF WHITE YARN ~ SEPT 16 2019 MONDAY
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paypal.me/TheresaHeide
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He makes birdhouses, planters, clocks, and much more.
She is a artist and craftier living in Florida but was born and raised in Wyoming.
We are also happy to do custom orders.
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We moved to Florida a few years ago to enjoy a happier and healthier life. I decided that I wanted to help spread some love throughout the United States and started Hats for 50 States. I loom knit stocking caps/hats and each month a new state organization receives my hats to give to those that need them. To let them know that people do still care. I am happy to accept any type of knitted, crocheted, or loom knitted items made from you. Also I do accept happily yarn donations. Thank you again to everyone who donates any amount of type of yarn, or hats. Together we are all making a difference.
***** ADDRESS IS:
Theresa Heide
206 HICKORY AVE
Crawfordville, FL 32327
EMAIL ADDRESS IS: heidetheresa@gmail.com
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WOWZERS We are now on our 29th state which is GEORGIA for Hats For 50 States?!
1st state was Washington....Socks and Soups
2nd state was Arizona.......Flagstaff Shelter Services
3rd state was Alaska ........ AWAIC Abused Women's Aid In
Crisis
4th state was Idaho ..........Aid for Friends
5th state was Montana ..........Mountain Home Montana
6th state was Maine............Preble Street Org. in Portland
Maine
7th state was Oklahoma.......City Rescue Mission in Oklahoma
City, OK
8th state was Michigan ..............- Human Arc in Lansing,
Michigan
9th state was Texas ......... Family Gateway Center, Dallas TX
10th state was Wyoming ..........Rescue Mission, Casper Wy
11th state was Alabama ........FIRST LIGHT, BIRMINGHAM,
AL
12th state was Ohio ............ Open Arms
13th state was Rhode Island................Providence Rescue
Mission
14th state was New York ....... JOSEPH'S HOUSE &
SHELTER, Troy NY
15th state was Maryland ........STEPPING STONES, Rockville
MD
16th state was Minnesota ............MID MINNESOTA WOMEN
CENTER, BRAINERD, MN
17TH state is Wisconsin...............Northwood Homeless
Shelter Amber WI
18TH state was North Dakota.......DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CRISIS CENTER MINOT ND
19th STATE WAS NEW MEXICO..............High Street Church,
Tucumcari NM
20TH STATE WAS HAWAII .......................HOPES SERVICES
IN HILO HI
21ST STATE WAS FLORIDA .......REFEGE HOUSE,
CRAWFORDVILLE FL
22ND STATE WAS LOUISIANA ...........FAMILY PROMISE OF
ACADIANE, LAFAYETTE LA
23RD STATE WAS MISSOURI .......... MOTHER'S REFUGE
INDEPENDENCE MO
24TH STATE WAS NEW HAMPSHIRE .......NASHUA SOUP
KITCHEN AND SHELTER, NASHUA NH
25TH STATE WAS SOUTH DAKOTA ..... PATHWAYS
SHELTERS, YANKTON SD
26TH STATE WAS PENNSYLVANIA ........Bell Family Shelter, York Pa
27th was Vermont....................UPPER VALLEY HAVEN,
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT
28th is Delaware
I PLAN TO DONATION TO ONE STATE EACH MONTH, THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ALWAYS HAPPY TO TAKE DONATIONS OF YARN OF ANY KIND, TO MAKE MORE HATS TO DONATE
United States Presidents and The Illuminati Masonic Power Structure
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2018 Winter Lecture Series - The Fateful Compromise of 1850
Before the Civil War there was the Compromise of 1850. The arguments between the North and South over slavery in the new territories began to boil over during an era when the United States was becoming a player on the world stage with territory acquired during the recent war with Mexico. Would slavery expand into these new territories or would it be confined to the southern states only?
JUST LIVIN MY BEST LIFE ~ SEPT 18 2019 WEDNESDAY
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paypal.me/TheresaHeide
If you wish to donate Paypal address is: heidetheresa@gmail.com.
He makes birdhouses, planters, clocks, and much more.
She is a artist and craftier living in Florida but was born and raised in Wyoming.
We are also happy to do custom orders.
Email us at heidetheresa@gmail.com
We moved to Florida a few years ago to enjoy a happier and healthier life. I decided that I wanted to help spread some love throughout the United States and started Hats for 50 States. I loom knit stocking caps/hats and each month a new state organization receives my hats to give to those that need them. To let them know that people do still care. I am happy to accept any type of knitted, crocheted, or loom knitted items made from you. Also I do accept happily yarn donations. Thank you again to everyone who donates any amount of type of yarn, or hats. Together we are all making a difference.
***** ADDRESS IS:
Theresa Heide
206 HICKORY AVE
Crawfordville, FL 32327
EMAIL ADDRESS IS: heidetheresa@gmail.com
..
FOR ART: facebook.com/theresaann.heide.9
Fun-loving couple who moved here to Florida after living in Wyoming for most of our lives. .l Keeping it real just like if you were sitting here with me. Please join me, have some tea or coffee. ~ Please Like and Subscribe and share.
WOWZERS We are now on our 31st state which is OREGON for Hats For 50 States?!
1st state was Washington....Socks and Soups
2nd state was Arizona.......Flagstaff Shelter Services
3rd state was Alaska ........ AWAIC Abused Women's Aid In
Crisis
4th state was Idaho ..........Aid for Friends
5th state was Montana ..........Mountain Home Montana
6th state was Maine............Preble Street Org. in Portland
Maine
7th state was Oklahoma.......City Rescue Mission in Oklahoma
City, OK
8th state was Michigan ..............- Human Arc in Lansing,
Michigan
9th state was Texas ......... Family Gateway Center, Dallas TX
10th state was Wyoming ..........Rescue Mission, Casper Wy
11th state was Alabama ........FIRST LIGHT, BIRMINGHAM,
AL
12th state was Ohio ............ Open Arms
13th state was Rhode Island................Providence Rescue
Mission
14th state was New York ....... JOSEPH'S HOUSE &
SHELTER, Troy NY
15th state was Maryland ........STEPPING STONES, Rockville
MD
16th state was Minnesota ............MID MINNESOTA WOMEN
CENTER, BRAINERD, MN
17TH state is Wisconsin...............Northwood Homeless
Shelter Amber WI
18TH state was North Dakota.......DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CRISIS CENTER MINOT ND
19th STATE WAS NEW MEXICO..............High Street Church,
Tucumcari NM
20TH STATE WAS HAWAII .......................HOPES SERVICES
IN HILO HI
21ST STATE WAS FLORIDA .......REFEGE HOUSE,
CRAWFORDVILLE FL
22ND STATE WAS LOUISIANA ...........FAMILY PROMISE OF
ACADIANE, LAFAYETTE LA
23RD STATE WAS MISSOURI .......... MOTHER'S REFUGE
INDEPENDENCE MO
24TH STATE WAS NEW HAMPSHIRE .......NASHUA SOUP
KITCHEN AND SHELTER, NASHUA NH
25TH STATE WAS SOUTH DAKOTA ..... PATHWAYS
SHELTERS, YANKTON SD
26TH STATE WAS PENNSYLVANIA ........Bell Family Shelter, York Pa
27th STATE was Vermont....................UPPER VALLEY HAVEN,
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT
28th STATE was Delaware...........SOJOURNERS PLACE,
WILMINGTON DE.
29th STATE was Georgia ..........ATHENS AREA HOMELESS
SHELTER..........ATHENS, GA. 30601
30TH STATE is Mississippi........ GATEWAY RESCUE
MISSION, JACKSON, MS
31ST STATE WILL BE OREGON
I PLAN TO DONATION TO ONE STATE EACH MONTH, THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ALWAYS HAPPY TO TAKE DONATIONS OF YARN OF ANY KIND, TO MAKE MORE HATS TO DONATE
Peninsula Campaign | Wikipedia audio article
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Peninsula Campaign
00:02:03 1 Background
00:02:11 1.1 Military situation
00:06:31 2 Opposing forces
00:06:41 2.1 Union
00:08:06 2.2 Confederate
00:11:00 3 Initial movements
00:11:09 3.1 Movement to the Peninsula and the Siege of Yorktown
00:16:31 4 Battles
00:16:40 4.1 Williamsburg
00:20:39 4.2 Eltham's Landing (or West Point)
00:22:55 4.3 Norfolk and Drewry's Bluff
00:26:28 4.4 Armies converge on Richmond
00:28:57 4.5 Hanover Court House
00:32:36 4.6 Seven Pines (or Fair Oaks)
00:38:08 5 The Seven Days Battles
00:40:04 6 Aftermath
00:40:13 7 See also
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The Peninsula Campaign (also known as the Peninsular Campaign) of the American Civil War was a major Union operation launched in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862, the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. The operation, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, was an amphibious turning movement against the Confederate States Army in Northern Virginia, intended to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond. McClellan was initially successful against the equally cautious General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of the more aggressive General Robert E. Lee turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a humiliating Union defeat.
McClellan landed his army at Fort Monroe and moved northwest, up the Virginia Peninsula. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder's defensive position on the Warwick Line caught McClellan by surprise. His hopes for a quick advance foiled, McClellan ordered his army to prepare for a siege of Yorktown. Just before the siege preparations were completed, the Confederates, now under the direct command of Johnston, began a withdrawal toward Richmond. The first heavy fighting of the campaign occurred in the Battle of Williamsburg, in which the Union troops managed some tactical victories, but the Confederates continued their withdrawal. An amphibious flanking movement to Eltham's Landing was ineffective in cutting off the Confederate retreat. In the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, an attempt by the U.S. Navy to reach Richmond by way of the James River was repulsed.
As McClellan's army reached the outskirts of Richmond, a minor battle occurred at Hanover Court House, but it was followed by a surprise attack by Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks. The battle was inconclusive, with heavy casualties, but it had lasting effects on the campaign. Johnston was wounded by a Union artillery shell fragment on May 31 and replaced the next day by the more aggressive Robert E. Lee, who reorganized his army and prepared for offensive action in the final battles of June 25 to July 1, which are popularly known as the Seven Days Battles.
JEFFERSON DAVIS - WikiVidi Documentary
Jefferson Davis was an American politician who served as the President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives prior to becoming president of the Confederacy. He was the 23rd United States Secretary of War, serving under U.S. President Franklin Pierce from 1853 to 1857. Davis was born in Fairview, Kentucky, to a moderately prosperous farmer, and grew up on his older brother Joseph's large cotton plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana. Joseph Davis also secured his appointment to the United States Military Academy. After graduating, Jefferson Davis served six years as a lieutenant in the United States Army. He fought in the Mexican–American War , as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. Before the American Civil War, he operated a large cotton plantation in Mississippi and owned as many as 74 slaves. Although he argued against secession in 1858, he bel...
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00:08:55: First marriage and early career
00:13:44: Second marriage and family
00:17:31: Mexican–American War
00:19:47: Senator
00:23:08: Secretary of War
00:24:55: Return to Senate
00:27:35: President of the Confederate States of America
00:32:51: Overseeing the Civil War efforts
00:37:23: Administration and cabinet
00:42:17: Strategic failures
00:47:20: Final days of the Confederacy
00:52:05: Imprisonment
00:55:46: Later years
01:02:04: Legacy
01:08:31: Controversies
01:08:47: Texas
01:09:56: Virginia
01:11:45: Washington
01:12:59: Louisiana
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Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/ also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717.
After pursuing Confederate General Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's cornfield and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River.
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1852 United States presidential election | Wikipedia audio article
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1852 United States presidential election
00:02:15 1 Nominations
00:02:32 1.1 Democratic Party nomination
00:04:53 1.2 Whig Party nomination
00:06:48 1.3 Free Soil Party nomination
00:07:43 1.4 Union Party nomination
00:09:26 1.5 Native American (Know-Nothing) Party nomination
00:10:45 1.6 Southern Rights Party nomination
00:13:10 1.7 Liberty Party nomination
00:14:05 2 General election
00:14:15 2.1 Fall campaign
00:15:27 2.2 Results
00:18:29 2.3 Geography of results
00:18:38 2.3.1 Cartographic gallery
00:18:47 3 Results by state
00:19:10 4 Electoral college selection
00:19:20 5 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The United States presidential election of 1852 was the seventeenth quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1852. Democrat Franklin Pierce, a former Senator from New Hampshire, defeated General Winfield Scott, the Whig nominee. This was the last election in which the Whigs served as the principal opposition to the Democrats.
Incumbent Whig President Millard Fillmore had acceded to the presidency after the death of President Zachary Taylor in 1850. Due to Fillmore's support of the Compromise of 1850 and his enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, he was popular in the South but opposed by many Northern Whigs. On the 53rd ballot of the 1852 Whig National Convention, Scott defeated Fillmore to clinch the party's nomination. The Democrats were divided among four major candidates, who traded leads through the first 48 ballots of the 1852 Democratic National Convention. On the 49th ballot, dark horse candidate Franklin Pierce won his party's nomination. The Free Soil Party, a third party opposed to the extension of slavery into the territories, nominated Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire.
With no major policy differences between the two major candidates, the election became a contest of personalities. Though Scott had been the top U.S. general in the Mexican–American War and had had a long and distinguished military career, Pierce had also served in the Mexican–American War. The Whigs were badly divided between their Northern and Southern wings, and Scott's anti-slavery reputation further damaged his campaign in the South. A group of Southern Whigs and a separate group of Southern Democrats each nominated their own tickets, but both efforts failed to attract support.
Pierce and his running mate William R. King won by a comfortable majority in the popular vote and carried 27 of the 31 states, while Scott won 43.9% of the popular vote. Pierce won the highest share of the electoral vote since James Monroe's uncontested 1820 re-election. In the aftermath of this overwhelming defeat the Whig Party rapidly collapsed as a national political force as internal tensions regarding the issue of slavery caused mass abandonment of the party.
Georgia Farm Monitor - April 29, 2017
On this week's edition of the Farm Monitor... we learn the importance of hatcheries in keeping fishing lakes and ponds well stocked; Georgia Farm Bureau's Young Farmer Committee chair explains the value of the program; we visit a cattle operation in East Georgia that's unique top the Southeast; Ray & Marcia are preparing some delicious recipes using fresh-picked Georgia strawberries; and leading up to Mother's Day, we meet a farm mom who is truly the heart of a Macon County family farm.
United States presidential election, 1852 | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The United States presidential election of 1852 was the seventeenth quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1852. Democrat Franklin Pierce, a former Senator from New Hampshire, defeated General Winfield Scott, the Whig nominee. This was the last election in which the Whigs served as the principal opposition to the Democrats.
Incumbent Whig President Millard Fillmore had acceded to the presidency after the death of President Zachary Taylor in 1850. Due to Fillmore's support of the Compromise of 1850 and his enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law, he was popular in the South but opposed by many Northern Whigs. On the 53rd ballot of the 1852 Whig National Convention, Scott defeated Fillmore to clinch the party's nomination. The Democrats were divided among four major candidates, who traded leads through the first 48 ballots of the 1852 Democratic National Convention. On the 49th ballot, dark horse candidate Franklin Pierce won his party's nomination. The Free Soil Party, a third party opposed to the extension of slavery into the territories, nominated Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire.
With no major policy differences between the two major candidates, the election became a contest of personalities. Though Scott had been the top U.S. general in the Mexican–American War and had had a long and distinguished military career, Pierce had also served in the Mexican–American War. The Whigs were badly divided between their Northern and Southern wings, and Scott's anti-slavery reputation further damaged his campaign in the South. A group of Southern Whigs and a separate group of Southern Democrats each nominated their own tickets, but both efforts failed to attract support.
Pierce and his running mate William R. King won by a comfortable majority in the popular vote and carried 27 of the 31 states, while Scott won 43.9% of the popular vote. Pierce won the highest share of the electoral vote since James Monroe's uncontested 1820 re-election. In the aftermath of this overwhelming defeat the Whig Party rapidly collapsed as a national political force as internal tensions regarding the issue of slavery caused mass abandonment of the party.
William C Davis - Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series 2019
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/ also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and missing at 22,717.
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Georgia Farm Monitor - July 18, 2015
On this week's episode... a look at how the 2015 Vidalia Onion crop turned out; a farmer who's been serving the Polk County Farm Bureau as a volunteer leader for a half-century; a South Georgia field day spotlights irrigation research; Ranger Nick compares conservation practices in Georgia and Scotland; and other news and features.
Hugh Gillis, Reflections on Georgia Politics
ROGP 041. Hugh Gillis interviewed by Bob Short, July 25, 2008.
Hugh Gillis was elected twice to the Georgia Senate, the first time in 1957, and the second in 1962. He would hold that seat for the next forty-two years, making him the longest-serving member of the Georgia General Assembly. In the senate, he was elected president pro tempore, and served on the Appropriations Committee. Hugh discusses the three governors controversy and his long career in Georgia politics, including his experiences with corruption in the highway department and the integration of the University of Georgia.
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Battle of Antietam | Wikipedia audio article
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Battle of Antietam
00:02:56 1 Background: Maryland Campaign
00:05:51 2 Opposing forces
00:06:00 2.1 Union
00:10:00 2.2 Confederate
00:12:36 3 Prelude to battle
00:12:46 3.1 Disposition of armies
00:16:10 3.2 Terrain and its consequences
00:17:09 4 Battle
00:17:17 4.1 Morning phase
00:17:29 4.1.1 Cornfield
00:27:51 4.2 Midday phase
00:28:03 4.2.1 Sunken Road: iBloody Lane/i
00:34:49 4.3 Afternoon phase
00:35:01 4.3.1 Burnside's Bridge
00:44:04 5 Aftermath
00:49:49 6 Battlefield preservation
00:51:18 7 Historic photographs and paintings
00:51:28 7.1 Mathew Brady's gallery, The Dead of Antietam (1862)
00:53:18 7.2 Captain James Hope murals
00:54:12 7.3 Gallery
00:54:36 8 In popular culture
00:55:59 9 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
The Battle of Antietam , also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek. Part of the Maryland Campaign, it was the first field army–level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It was the bloodiest day in United States history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.After pursuing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of the Union Army launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counterattacks swept across Miller's Cornfield, and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counterattack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River.Despite having superiority of numbers, McClellan's attacks failed to achieve force concentration, which allowed Lee to counter by shifting forces and moving along interior lines to meet each challenge. Therefore, despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army. McClellan's persistent but erroneous belief that he was outnumbered contributed to his cautiousness throughout the campaign.
McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan. McClellan's refusal to pursue Lee's army led to his removal from command by President Abraham Lincoln in November. Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from the battlefield, and abandoned their invasion, making it a Union strategic victory. It was a sufficiently significant victory to give Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from pursuing any potential plans to recognize the Confederacy.
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The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Mexico) from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 American annexation of the independent Republic of Texas. The unstable Mexican caudillo leadership of President/General Antonio López de Santa Anna still considered Texas to be its northeastern province and never recognized the Republic of Texas, which had seceded a decade earlier. In 1845, newly elected U.S. President James K. Polk sent troops to the disputed area and a diplomatic mission to Mexico. After Mexican forces attacked American forces, Polk cited this in his request that Congress declare war.
U.S. forces quickly occupied the regional capital of Santa Fe de Nuevo México along the upper Rio Grande and the Pacific coast province of Alta California, and then moved south. Meanwhile, the Pacific Squadron of the U.S Navy blockaded the Pacific coast farther south in lower Baja California Territory. The U.S. Army under Major General Winfield Scott eventually captured Mexico City through stiff resistance, having marched west from the port of Veracruz on the Gulf Coast, where the Americans staged their first ever amphibious landing.
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, forced onto the remnant Mexican government, ended the war and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million compensation for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed earlier by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens. Mexico acknowledged the loss of what became the State of Texas and accepted the Rio Grande as its northern border with the U.S.
The victory and territorial expansion Polk envisioned inspired great patriotism in the United States, but the war and treaty drew some criticism in the U.S. for their casualties, monetary cost, and heavy-handedness, particularly early on. The question of how to treat the new acquisitions also intensified the debate over slavery. Mexico's worsened domestic turmoil and losses of life, territory, and national prestige left it in what prominent Mexicans called a state of degradation and ruin.