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3 Preparation for war Show all News media often use the name of a capital city as an alternative name for the country of which it is the capital or of the government that is seated there as a form of metonymy for example "relations between Washington and London" refer to "relations between the United States and the United Kingdom", The city became the staging area for what became the Manassas Campaign When Brig Gen Irvin McDowell's beaten and demoralized army staggered back into Washington after the stunning Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run the realization came that the war might be prolonged and efforts began to fortify the city in case of a Confederate assault Lincoln knew he had to have a professional and trained army to protect the Capital area and therefore began by organizing the Department on the Potomac on August 4 1861, and the Army of the Potomac 16 days later. . Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Lincoln as president, In July 1845 Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas and by October 3,500 Americans were on the Nueces River ready to take by force the disputed land Polk wanted to protect the border and also coveted for the U.S the continent clear to the Pacific Ocean At the same time Polk wrote to the American consul in the Mexican territory of Alta California disclaiming American ambitions in California but offering to support independence from Mexico or voluntary accession to the United States and warning that the United States would oppose a British or French takeover. 1864 photo of President Lincoln with youngest son Tad Notice of Stamp Act of 1765 in newspaper. A mezzotint of Martha Washington standing wearing a formal gown based on a 1757 portrait by John Wollaston.

Vte Photo of three people posing for a picture, Washington D.C. Business Directory 12 See also Territory incorporated into the US after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Several of the Founding Fathers had extensive national state local and foreign political experience prior to the adoption of the Constitution in 1787 Some had been diplomats Several had been members of the Continental Congress or elected president of that body, Thomas Adams Virginia 1 Yes 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. . President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction on the United States Capitol dome continue during the American Civil War; 1861.