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Given the quick POD, I didn't see a point where congress could issue a promotion like that. I could see Scott's going through because of his sheer importance, but Clarke's going somewhat unnoticed.
Don't worry though he'll get a promotion soon enough.
Cont.
Not soon after the regiments had arrived at Norfolk, did the ships start arriving as well. Among the ships amassing at Norfolk were the USS Vermont, USS Cumberland, USS Enterprise, USS Delaware, USS Columbus, USS Independence, and the USS Pennsylvania, the largest ship in the United...
West Point, New York,
March 20th, 1854
Winfield Scott is brevetted to Lieutenant General, the first American to hold that rank since George Washington. He is also instructed to maneuver men and material how he sees fit for a coordinated attack on Cuba, with Commodore transporting the U.S...
Frankin Pierce: President of the United States
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
As all of you know, I, at my inauguration, swore to keep our Republic at peace. In times of peace, it is easy for those of us who, are in power during said times, to proclaim our...
I. 'Like a Clap of Thunder from a Clear Sky'
“There’s a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
War in all mens eyes shall be
A monster of iniquity.
In the good time coming.
Nations shall not quarrel then,
To prove which is the stronger;
Nor slaughter men for glory’s...
So the United States bombed Tokyo and Bering with atomic weapons? How are they not an international pariah at this point. The cultural difference of nuclear weapons is something I understand and something thats super interesting, do doubt, but two centers of Asian culture destroyed in a span of...