At the beginning of the war Washington's only defense was one old fort (Fort Washington 12 miles (19 km) away to the south) and the Union Army soldiers themselves. When Maj Gen George B McClellan assumed command of the Department of the Potomac on August 17 1861 he became responsible for the capital's defense. McClellan began by laying out lines for a complete ring of entrenchments and fortifications that would cover 33 miles (53 km) of land He built enclosed forts on high hills around the city and placed well-protected batteries of field artillery in the gaps between these forts, augmenting the 88 guns already placed on the defensive line facing Virginia and south in between these batteries interconnected rifle pits were dug allowing highly effective co-operative fire. This layout once complete would make the city one of the most heavily defended locations in the world and almost unassailable by nearly any number of men. . Congress reflects us in all our strengths and all our weaknesses it reflects our regional idiosyncrasies our ethnic religious and racial diversity our multitude of professions and our shadings of opinion on everything from the value of war to the war over values Congress is the government's most representative body . Congress is essentially charged with reconciling our many points of view on the great public policy issues of the day.
Blue Ridge Blueberry 11.3 Inspiring all colonies Counties in the United Kingdom have historic county towns which are often not the largest settlement within the county and often are no longer administrative centres as many historical counties are now only ceremonial and administrative boundaries are different. The slave owners also argued that banning slavery in new states would upset what they saw as a delicate balance of free states and slave states They feared that ending this balance could lead to the domination of the federal government by the northern free states This led seven southern states to secede from the Union When the southern forces attacked a US Army installation at Fort Sumter the American Civil War began and four additional slave states seceded Northern leaders had viewed the slavery interests as a threat politically but with secession they viewed the prospect of a new Southern nation the Confederate States of America with control over the Mississippi River and parts of the West as politically unacceptable! The impeachment trial of President Clinton in 1999 Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding, Importation of slaves Tariff of 1828 Important thinkers[show]. Abraham Baldwin Georgia 1 Yes, General George Washington Resigning His Commission, Harewood General Hospital Aircraft carrier at sea; .
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