Posted on 05/10/2018 7:24:57 AM PDT by fugazi
1775: The famous Vermont guerrilla force the "Green Mountain Boys", commanded by Col. Ethan Allen, and state militiamen led by Col. Benedict Arnold catch the British troops at Fort Ticonderoga (present-day Ticonderoga, N.Y.) by surprise. The Americans charge into the fort, chasing off the lone sentry and begin disarming the sleeping defenders.
When the British commander demands to know under what authority are the men entering, Allen replies, "The Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!" The strategic fort is captured without a shot fired. The cannon and armaments are sent to Boston where they will be used to break the British siege.
1797: The 55-gun heavy frigate USS United States is launched at Philadelphia, becoming the first commissioned ship of the U.S. Navy. The warship will see action during the Quasi-War with France, the Barbary Wars (see entry below), and the War of 1812 before she is seized by Confederate forces in 1861 and re-christened CSS United States.
1801: Following Thomas Jefferson's inauguration, Yusuf Karamanly - the Pasha of Tripoli - demands tribute from the United States to prevent the Barbary pirates from continuing their practice of taking hostages and capturing ships. President Jefferson refuses, and the Pasha declares war.
1863: Eight days after he is mistakenly shot by Confederate sentries following the Battle of Chancellorsville (Va.), Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies from pneumonia.
1865: Union cavalry troopers capture Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, near Irwinville, Ga. Davis is charged with treason and held at Fort Monroe, Va. for two years until President Andrew Johnson pardons him on Christmas Day.
The federal government drops their case against Jefferson in 1869. Prior to the Civil War, Col. Davis served in the Mexican-American War and Pres. Polk offered him a promotion to brigadier general, which Davis...
(Excerpt) Read more at victoryinstitute.net ...
I remember reading that the government likely dropped the treason case against Davis because secession was - at the time - constitutional, and letting that play out in court would have created another national emergency.
While I definitely take issue over the slavery aspect of the Confederacy, our Union should be held together by choice, not locked together by force as it is now.
Treaty of Frankfurt ends the Franco Prussian War on this date in 1871.
Hitler invaded France Belgium and Netherlands on this date in 1940.
Rudolf Hess arrives in Scotland on this date in 1941.
1801 precursor ping
Please FreepMail me if you want to be added to or removed from this somewhat low volume ping list. Ping requests gladly accepted.
Please alert me to ping-worth content.
Also note that posts pertaining to The War of 1812 will carry the keyword 1812 (clickable) for your searching pleasure.
An interesting day in history!
“Treaty of Frankfurt ends the Franco Prussian War on this date in 1871.
Hitler invaded France Belgium and Netherlands on this date in 1940.
Rudolf Hess arrives in Scotland on this date in 1941.”
Bonemaker enlisted in USAF May 10, 1963.
Ticonderoga, my favorite pencil.
Our Union isn’t “locked by force” - it’s the same now as it’s ever been. The legality of secession - especially unilateral secession - was unclear until 1869. You leave the Union the same way you entered - through bilateral consent.
President Jefferson Davis (Democrat) being arrested.
So much fun to read this stuff!
Thanks, NVA!
‘Face
I continue to wonder what they were thinking when the slaves states enshrined slavery into the U.S. constitution?
The states voting for slavery were: New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Maryland.
Also, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia (which ended up in the Confederacy) had slaves.
Then magic happened. The federal courts passed a law supporting the federal government.
Victor's Justice.
Duke Cunningham becomes an ace shooting down 2 Migs and the only ace using missiles only.
And lousy Vietnam era missiles at that.
Duke later became a crook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Cunningham
He goes to jail while others who took in more bribes remain out of jail.
I’ve visited the cell at Ft. Monroe where Jefferson Davis was held.
May 10, 1940 - Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, and Holland. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister.
“I remember reading that the government likely dropped the treason case against Davis because secession was - at the time - constitutional, and letting that play out in court would have created another national emergency.”
It’s interesting that Charles Francis Adams Jr thought so as well- he was a Union officer who fought at Antietam and Gettysburg and was the grandson and g-grandson of the two Presidents from Massachusetts- so hardly someone who could be accused of Confederate bias.
Some years after the war he decided to investigate the legality of secession and gave a speech about it to Phi Beta Kappa: “Shall Cromwell Have a Statue?”- hard to find a copy of this speech anywhere but worth reading if you can.
Don't trust that Benedict Arnold guy.
Check out section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Instead of hundreds of messy treason trials, congress essentially banned all confederate senior officers and politicians from ever holding a US or state office.
So, without bloodshed, the 14A kept the troublemakers from ever stirring things up again.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.