Marvin N. Kaplan, DMD

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, As the war progressed the overcrowding severely strained the city's water supply the Army Corps of Engineers constructed a new aqueduct that brought 10,000 US gallons (38,000 l; 8,300 imp gal) of fresh water to the city each day.[clarification needed] Police and fire protection was beefed up and work resumed to complete the unfinished dome of the Capitol Building However for most of the war Washington suffered from unpaved streets poor sanitation and garbage collection swarms of mosquitos facilitated by the dank canals and sewers and poor ventilation in most public (and private) buildings. This would change in the decade to follow under the leadership District Governor Alexander "Boss" Shepherd. 2014 54.5% 96,666 [h] 9 Personal life Lincoln mentioned his Emancipation Proclamation to members of his cabinet on July 21 1862 Secretary of State William H Seward told Lincoln to wait for a victory before issuing the proclamation as to do otherwise would seem like "our last shriek on the retreat" in September 1862 the Battle of Antietam provided this opportunity and the subsequent War Governors' Conference added support for the proclamation. Lincoln had already published a letter encouraging the border states especially to accept emancipation as necessary to save the Union Lincoln later said that slavery was "somehow the cause of the war". . .

. . . Washington D.C observes all federal holidays and also celebrates Emancipation Day on April 16 which commemorates the end of slavery in the District the flag of Washington D.C was adopted in 1938 and is a variation on George Washington's family coat of arms. Concourses C and D Washington D.C. Business Directory, Caning of Charles Sumner, Mexico showing no willingness to come to the Nueces to drive the invaders from her soil it became necessary for the "invaders" to approach to within a convenient distance to be struck Accordingly preparations were begun for moving the army to the Rio Grande to a point near Matamoras [sic] it was desirable to occupy a position near the largest centre of population possible to reach without absolutely invading territory to which we set up no claim whatever. .