Despite romantic associations, Atlanta has always been more a commercial city than an ante-bellum monument. It is the major center of regional commerce, and boasts an especially strong convention and trade show business. According to the ranking of world cities undertaken by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC) and based on the level of presence of global corporate service organisations, Atlanta is considere ...

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Atlanta, Georgia - Demographics. The census of 2000 states there are 416,474 people, (423,019 as of 2003 estimates), 168,147 households, and 83,232 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,221/km² (3,161/mi²). There are 186,925 housing units at an average density of 548/km² (1,419/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 61.39% Black, 33.22% White,1.93% Asian,, 0.18% Native American, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. 4.49% of the population are H ...

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The region where Atlanta and its suburbs were built was originally Creek and Cherokee Native American territory. The Creek land in the eastern part of the metro area (including Decatur) was opened to white settlement in 1823. In 1835, leaders of the Cherokee nation ceded their land to the government in exchange for land out west under the Treaty of New Echota, and act that eventually led to the Trail of Tears. In 1836 the Georgia General Assembly voted to build the Western and Atlantic Railroad to provide a trade route to the Midwest, with t ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,396 km² (539 mi²). 1,379 km² (533 mi²) of it is land and 16 km² (6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.18% water. Caroline County is 30 miles (50 km) north of the capitol in Richmond and 22 miles (35 km) South of Fredericksburg. Caroline County is bounded on the north by Stafford and King George counties; on the south by Hanover County; on the east by King William, King and Queen, and E ...

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Caroline County was established in 1728 from Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties. It was named for Caroline of Ansbach, the wife of King George II of Great Britain. During the Civil War Confederate troops under General George E. Pickett fought Union troops near Milford in 1864. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died in Guinea after being shot by his own troops at the Chancellorsville. John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was ...

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Gen. Lee also understood the defensive potential to the Union army if they held the high ground of Cemetery Hill. He sent orders to Ewell that the hill be taken "if practicable." Ewell chose not to attempt the assault. One reason posited was the battle fatigue of his men in the late afternoon, although Edward "Alleghany" Johnson's division of Ewell's Corps had just arrived and was essentially fresh. Another was the difficulty of assaulting the hill through the narrow corridors afforded by the streets of Gettysburg, immediately to the north. ...

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Battle of Gettysburg First Day - Defense by Buford's cavalry. On the morning of July 1, Union cavalry in the division of Brigadier General John Buford were awaiting the approach of Confederate infantry forces from the direction of Cashtown, to the northwest. Confederate forces from the brigade of Brig. Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew had briefly clashed with Union forces the day before, but believed they were Pennsylvania militia of little consequence, not the Regular Army cavalry t ...

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On April 18, 1861, on the eve of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, through Secretary of War Simon Cameron, offered Lee command of the United States Army (Union Army) through an intermediary, Maryland Republican politician Francis P. Blair, at the home of Blair's son Montgomery, Lincoln's Postmaster-General, in Washington. Lee's sentiments were against secession, which he denounced in an 1861 letter as "nothing but revolution" and a betrayal of the efforts of the Founders. However his loyalty to his nativ ...

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Richmond Virginia - Government. Richmond city government consists of a city council with representatives from nine districts serving in a legislative and oversight capacity, as well as a popularly elected, at-large mayor serving as head of the executive branch. Citizens in each of the nine districts elect one council representative each to serve a two-year term. The city council elects from among itself one member to serve as Vice-Mayor (Council President) and one to ser ...

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Following the war, Lee applied for, but was never granted, the official postwar amnesty. After filling out the application form, it was delivered to the desk of Secretary of State William H. Seward, who, assuming that the matter had been dealt with by someone else and that this was just a personal copy, filed it away until it was found decades later in his desk drawer. Lee took the lack of response to mean that the government wished to r ...

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Despite romantic associations, Atlanta has always been more a commercial city than an ante-bellum monument. It is the major center of regional commerce, and boasts an especially strong convention and trade show business. According to the ranking of world cities undertaken by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC) and based on the level of presence of global corporate service organisations, ...

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In March, 1864, with Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant now in command of all Union armies, the V Corps was restructured along with the entire army. The 1st and 2nd Divisions were consolidated into one 1st Division, under General Griffin. Crawford's 3rd Division of Pennsylvanians remained unchanged. The I Corps was fused into the V as the 2nd and 4th Divisions, under Major Generals John C. Robinson and James S. Wadsworth respectively. The new commander of the V Corps was ...

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By 11:30 a.m., the battlefield was temporarily quiet. On the Confederate side, Henry Heth faced an embarrassing situation. He had been under orders from General Lee to avoid a general engagement until the full Army of Northern Virginia had concentrated in the area. But his excursion to Gettysburg, ostensibly to find shoes, essentially a reconnaissance in force conducted by a full infantry division, had indeed started a general engagement and he was on the losing side of it so far. By 12:30 p.m., his remaining two brigades, under Brig. Gen. J ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,077 km² (416 mi²). 1,077 km² (416 mi²) of it is land and 0 km² (0 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.00% water. Highland County Virginia - Districts. The county is divided into three supervisor districts: Blue Grass, Monterey, and Stonewall. Highland County Virginia - Adjacent Counties. Pendleton County, West Virginia - northeast Augusta County, Virginia - southeast Bath County, Virginia - southwestSee also:

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Throughout the course of the war, approximately 13,000 American soldiers died. Of these, only about 1,700 were from actual combat; the other casualties stemmed from disease and unsanitary conditions during the war. Mexican casualties remain somewhat of a mystery, and are estimated at 25,000. During the War, many important battles were fought, including the Battle of Churubusco and the Battle of Padierna. The Mexican leader at the time was Pedro María Anaya, who defended the convent of Santa María Churubusco. He uttered what w ...

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Mexico lost half of its territory in the war, leaving it with a lasting bitterness towards the United States. However, the war also elicited the sense of national unity in Mexico, which had been lacking since the Independence movement dissolved in (1821). The war also provoked the emergence of a new class of politicians in Mexico. They finally got rid of Santa Anna's grip over Mexico and eventually proclaimed a liberal republic (1857). One of the first acts of the liberal republic was the enactment of several laws that facilitated and ...

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After the declaration of war, U.S. forces invaded Mexican territory on several fronts. In the Pacific, the U.S. Navy sent John D. Sloat to occupy California and claim it for the U.S. because of concerns that Britain might also attempt to occupy the area. He linked up with Anglo colonists in Northern California who had previously declared an independent California Republic and occupied some key cities. Meanwhile, U.S. army troops under Stephen W. Kearny occupied Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kearny led a small force to California where, after some in ...

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Mere days before Polk intended to make his request to Congress, he received word that Mexican forces had crossed the Rio Grande and killed eleven American soldiers. On April 24, 1846, Mexican cavalry had attacked and captured one of the American detachments near the Rio Grande. After the border clash, battles followed at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. Polk now made this the casus belli, and in a message to Congress on 11 May 1846 stated that Mexico had "invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil." H ...

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1972 - January. January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French entertainer (surgical complications) (b. 1888) January 6 - Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (b. 1901) January 8 - Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (b. 1911) January 10 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897) January 14 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899) January 16 – Ross Bagdasarian, American record producer and creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks (b. 1919) January 26 - Mahalia Jackson, A ...

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The Mexican-American War grew out of unresolved conflicts between Mexico and Republic of Texas and from the desires of U.S. expansionism (Manifest Destiny). The Texas Revolution in 1836 left open a border dispute between the Mexican government and the newly formed republic. Mexico refused to recognize the existence of the Republic of Texas, declared its intention of recapturing the breakaway province, and warned the United States it would be war if the U.S. annexed Texas. Texas insisted it was indeed an independent nation, and also insisted ...

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When Texas joined the United States, Mexico considered that, firstly, the United States was intervening in Mexico's internal affairs by supporting a rebel province and, secondly, that the U.S. had unjustly taken away territory that belonged neither to Texas nor to the U.S. For years Mexico had warned annexation meant war. Britain had repeatedly attempted to stop Mexico from declaring war on its much larger neighbor, but in 1844 Britai ...

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When Hooker took command of the Army of the Potomac in the spring, he did away with the "grand divisions" and made Butterfield his chief of staff. Major General George G. Meade, formerly commanding the 3rd Division of the I Corps, took charge of the V Corps. It was at this time that each corps was designated a symbol; the V Corps used a cross pattée, the straight-edged variant of the Maltese Cross. The V Corps was not significantly engaged at Chancellorsville, but soon after the entire 3rd Division had their enlistments expire ...

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