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Lincoln in 1857 In 1846 based on a petition to Congress by the residents of the Virginia portion of the District (Alexandria County) and the City of Alexandria the area of 31 square miles (80 km2) which was ceded by Virginia was returned, leaving 69 square miles (179 km2) of territory originally ceded by Maryland as the current area of the District in its entirety. . Congress determined in the Residence Act of 1790 that the nation's capitol be on the Potomac between the Anacostia River and today's Williamsport Maryland and in a federal district up to 10 miles square the exact location was to be determined by President Washington familiar with the area from his nearby home and properties at Mt Vernon Virginia.

. 10 References In spite of the South's shortage of manpower until 1865 most Southern leaders opposed arming slaves as soldiers However a few Confederates discussed arming slaves Finally in early 1865 General Robert E Lee said black soldiers were essential and legislation was passed the first black units were in training when the war ended in April. Other enactments The Albany Congress of 1754 was a conference attended by seven colonies which presaged later efforts at cooperation the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 included representatives from nine colonies. Denmark Vesey's conspiracy (1822) 1860 75,080 45.3% In August 1775 George III declared Americans to be traitors to the Crown if they took up arms against royal authority There were thousands of British and Hessian soldiers in American hands following their surrender at the Battles of Saratoga in October 1777 Lord Germain took a hard line but the British generals on American soil never held treason trials and treated captured American soldiers as prisoners of war the dilemma was that tens of thousands of Loyalists were under American control and American retaliation would have been easy the British built much of their strategy around using these Loyalists the British maltreated the prisoners whom they held resulting in more deaths to American prisoners of war than from combat operations. At the end of the war both sides released their surviving prisoners. Corwin Amendment Mexico's response, On the following day William T Sherman led the 65,000 men of the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of Georgia along Washington's streets past the cheering crowds Within a week after the celebrations the two armies were disbanded and many of the volunteer regiments and batteries were sent home to be mustered out of the army. 3.1 Taylor takes office, With guerrillas harassing his line of communications back to Veracruz Scott decided not to weaken his army to defend Puebla but leaving only a garrison at Puebla to protect the sick and injured recovering there advanced on Mexico City on August 7 with his remaining force the capital was laid open in a series of battles around the right flank of the city defenses the Battle of Contreras and Battle of Churubusco After Churubusco fighting halted for an armistice and peace negotiations which broke down on September 6 1847 With the subsequent battles of Molino del Rey and of Chapultepec and the storming of the city gates the capital was occupied Scott became military governor of occupied Mexico City His victories in this campaign made him an American national hero, 13 Citations Henry Middleton South Carolina 1 Yes! When the election of 1792 neared Washington did not publicly announce his presidential candidacy but silently consented to run to prevent a further political-personal rift in his cabinet the Electoral College unanimously elected him president on February 13 1793 and John Adams as vice president by a vote of 77 to 50. Washington with nominal fanfare arrived alone at his inauguration in his carriage Sworn into office by Associate Justice William Cushing on March 4 1793 in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia Washington gave a brief address and then immediately retired to his Philadelphia presidential house weary of office and in poor health. Nueces Strip Family and childhood Ottawa Ontario Canada (1857).