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. . . . 1.2 Mother's death US soldiers' memoirs describe cases of looting and murder of Mexican civilians mostly by State Volunteers One officer's diary records:. 1840 33,745 11.5% Kitzmiller Hancock Williamsport Shepherdstown Freemasonry was a widely accepted institution in the late 18th century known for advocating moral teachings. Washington was attracted to the Masons' dedication to the Enlightenment principles of rationality reason and brotherhood the American Masonic lodges did not share the anti-clerical perspective of the controversial European lodges a Masonic lodge was established in Fredericksburg in September 1752 and Washington was initiated two months later at the age of 20 as one of its first Entered Apprentices Within a year he progressed through its ranks to become a Master Mason. Before and during the American Revolution he used Masonic lodges as meeting places to plot against the British.[citation needed] He had a high regard for the Masonic Order but his personal lodge attendance was sporadic in 1777 a convention of Virginia lodges asked him to be the Grand Master of the newly established Grand Lodge of Virginia but he declined due to his commitments leading the Continental Army After 1782 he corresponded frequently with Masonic lodges and members and he was listed as Master in the Virginia charter of Alexandria Lodge No 22 in 1788, The sappers and miners of the Corps of Royal Engineers under Captain Blanshard were employed in burning the principal buildings Blanshard reported that it seemed that the American President was so sure that the attacking force would be made prisoners that a handsome entertainment had been prepared Blanshard and his sappers enjoyed the feast.:358. .

. 15 Notes The President's House in Philadelphia was Washington's residence from 1790 to 1797, In February 1768 the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay issued a circular letter to the other colonies urging them to coordinate resistance the governor dissolved the assembly when it refused to rescind the letter Meanwhile a riot broke out in Boston in June 1768 over the seizure of the sloop Liberty owned by John Hancock for alleged smuggling Customs officials were forced to flee prompting the British to deploy troops to Boston a Boston town meeting declared that no obedience was due to parliamentary laws and called for the convening of a convention a convention assembled but only issued a mild protest before dissolving itself in January 1769 Parliament responded to the unrest by reactivating the Treason Act 1543 which called for subjects outside the realm to face trials for treason in England the governor of Massachusetts was instructed to collect evidence of said treason and the threat caused widespread outrage though it was not carried out. University of Edinburgh: Rush Highest elevation 409 ft (125 m), The 1832 boundaries of Comancheria the Comanche homeland Harpers Ferry Point of Rocks Little Falls Georgetown. ; Barbary pirates Washington D.C. Business Directory The Constitution provides checks and balances among the three branches of the federal government Its authors expected the greater power to lie with Congress as described in Article One. Howe's troop strength totaled 32,000 regulars and Hessians and Washington's consisted of 23,000 mostly raw recruits and militia in August Howe landed 20,000 troops at Gravesend Brooklyn and approached Washington's fortifications as King George III proclaimed the rebellious American colonists to be traitors. Washington opposing his generals chose to fight based on inaccurate information that Howe's army had only 8,000 plus troops. Howe assaulted Washington's flank and inflicted 1,500 Patriot casualties with the British suffering 400. Washington retreated instructing General William Heath to acquisition river craft in the area On August 30 General William Alexander held off the British and gave cover while the army crossed the East River under darkness to Manhattan Island without loss of life or material although Alexander was captured, John Blair Virginia 1 Yes Many of the military leaders on both sides of the American Civil War of 1861-1865 had trained at the U.S Military Academy at West Point and had fought as junior officers in Mexico This list includes military men fighting for the Union: Ulysses S Grant George B McClellan William T Sherman George Meade and Ambrose Burnside Military men who joined the Southern secessionists of the Confederacy included Robert E Lee Stonewall Jackson James Longstreet Joseph E Johnston Braxton Bragg Sterling Price and the future Confederate President Jefferson Davis Both sides had leaders with significant experience in active combat in strategy and in tactics likely[original research?] shaping ways the civil-war conflict played out. . .