Virginius affair
Virginius affair 1873, incident that came near to causing war between the United States and Spain. The Virginius, a filibustering ship, was fraudulently flying the American flag and carrying arms to the Cubans in the Ten Years War . It was captured by the Spanish off Cuba, Oct. 31, 1873. The captain, Joseph Fry, and 52 of the crew and passengers—among them several Americans—were executed. More would have been killed but for the intervention of the British ship, Niobe. After the incident, negotiations were undertaken by Daniel Edgar Sickles, U.S. minister to Spain, whose intemperate attitude worsened the situation. However, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish (1808-93) took negotiations out of Sickles's hands and a settlement was reached. Spain paid the United States an indemnity of $80,000.
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 "Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX)")
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Busy as a bee:: Yorktown woman's days filled with volunteering, promoting and supporting.
Newspaper article from: Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX); 8/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Sonny Long Aug. 22--YORKTOWN -- There may not be a more...Kinky Friedman for Governor campaign, but most of her interests...Ain't Right Ranch" near Yorktown she shares with husband of...Historical Commission, the Yorktown Historical Society, the DeWitt...
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YORKTOWN PLANS COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS, PARADE.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/6/1996; 700+ words
; ...administered by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation. The Yorktown Victory Center is on Old Route...887-1776. On Oct. 19 the Yorktown Women's Club will be serving...Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, particularly before the Battles...
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Yorktown High Rebuilding Is ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/26/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Democrat active in many Arlington campaigns for more than 12 years, I oppose...programs, is in the same bad shape as Yorktown, yet Yorktown gets the lion's share of this bond. And because Yorktown will cost more than $112 million...
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The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781. By Jerome A. Greene...This most recent work on the Yorktown campaign grew out of a National Park Service...of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 could easily be a guide...
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The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781. By Jerome A. Greene...This most recent work on the Yorktown campaign grew out of a National Park Service...of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 could easily be a guide...
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Under the cover of history: A new Yorktown Visitor Center exhibit enables visitors to step inside the tent where George Washington plotted the victory that ended the Revolution.
Newspaper article from: Daily Press (Newport News, VA); 10/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...headquarters for the decisive Battle of Yorktown, his campaign tents had already endured more...years of war. But curators at the Yorktown Visitor Center have had to work...anniversary of the landmark victory at Yorktown this Thursday, the last major...
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The World Turns Upside Down, Again; 225th Anniversary of Surrender at Yorktown to be Commemorated Oct. 18-22, 2006
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/19/2005; 682 words
; ...counterparts. "The Siege of Yorktown was the pinnacle of an eight...and their country." The Yorktown event will conclude a series...Providence, R.I., to Yorktown, as well as the battles of Virginia Campaign which began with the landing...
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Countdown to Yorktown: a time line.(Chronology)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...establishes a base at the port of Yorktown, Virginia, through which...and supplies for the British campaign in the South. August 14 Washington...soldiers he is transporting near Yorktown in order for them to join forces...transport some American troops to Yorktown, while other troops continue...
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LORD CORNWALLIS RETURNS TO YORKTOWN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/1/2008; 542 words
; ...on Saturday, May 17 in the Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center...ruefully reviews his historic campaign through the Carolinas up to Yorktown. In addition to the British...both Historic Jamestowne and Yorktown Battlefield. Children under...
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Tulsa's Yorktown district added to national register
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 7/2/2002; 700+ words
; ...Places, including Tulsa's Yorktown Historic District, Grandfield...history, Gabbert said. The Yorktown Historic District in Tulsa...Street and Lewis Avenue, the Yorktown neighborhood is differentiated...Commerce's statewide branding campaign, including print, radio and...
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Yorktown Campaign
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN (August – October 1781). On 19 October 1781...and French troops forced the surrender of a sizeable British army at Yorktown, a decisive victory that reversed the war's momentum, and proved...
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Yorktown campaign
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yorktown campaign 1781, the closing military operations...York peninsula. Cornwallis fortified Yorktown and waited for reinforcements to come...Bibliography: See H. P. Johnston, The Yorktown Campaign (1881, repr. 1971); T...
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Yorktown, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Yorktown, Battle of. The Franco‐American victory at Yorktown, Virginia, over 8,000...too strong, he shifted the campaign to Virginia. A nucleus of...Bay, the force reached the Yorktown area on 26 September. Here...
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Yorktown
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...reached its zenith c.1750. The Yorktown campaign (1781) brought to a close the...surrounds the town. In the Civil War, Yorktown was besieged (Apr.-May, 1862...on May 4. Places of interest in Yorktown include the customhouse (c.1706...
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Yorktown, Siege of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Yorktown, Siege of (1781) Last major military campaign of the American Revolution . Trapped on the peninsula of Yorktown, Virginia, 7000 British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrendered to superior US and French forces, after attempts to relieve them failed.
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