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Army of the Potomac
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Army of the Potomac a Union
Civil War military force, that, under Maj. Gen.
George B. McClellan attempted to take Richmond, Virginia, from the
Confederacy. He shipped the army, with all of its supplies and weaponry, to
Fort Monroe in March 1862, and then began his
Peninsular Campaign in June. Although the Army of the Potomac eventually repulsed Gen.
Robert E. Lee's
Army of Northern Virginia, Lee's forces held Richmond, and the Peninsular Campaign ended in failure. After the Union's defeat at
Chancellorsville, Gen.
George G. Meade assumed command of the Army in 1863 and accomplished what the Army of the Potomac's five previous leaders had been unable to manage: he defeated Robert E. Lee and his Army at
Gettysburg.
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Potomac Yard's Unlikely Promise: A Place to Live; Shaping The City
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/13/1999; ; 700+ words
; The prospect of a home at Potomac Yard sounds less than appetizing...runway at Reagan National Airport? But Potomac Yard's 295 acres of real estate soon...Council unanimously approved the plan for Potomac Yard after a laborious 16-month planning...
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Potomac, Gar-Field Bring Track Titles Home; Panthers, Indians Are Top Teams at AAA Meet
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Northwestern Region schools, Gar-Field and Potomac, captured girls and boys team titles...of the Prince William County schools. Potomac bounced back from an unlucky Friday night...title. "It is great for our county," Potomac Coach Bill Stearns said. "It is awesome...
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At Potomac, the Good Times Are Rolling Again; Panthers Out of Six-Year Funk, Back to Old Ways
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/19/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Quarterback Larnell Hamn and the rest of the Potomac High School football team's backfield were in the fifth grade the last time Potomac went to the Northwestern Region Division...all the dismal seasons that followed -- Potomac entered this year having won just 10 games...
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Potomac Tops Hylton In Quarterfinal Match
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/31/1998; ; 700+ words
; When Potomac High School's volleyball team defeated...10, 15-13 victory, fifth-seeded Potomac made a complete turnaround from its play less than a week before. On Oct. 22, Potomac Coach Michelle Heindrichs said she believed...
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Potomac, Fauquier Renew Annual Battle for Commonwealth Title
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/8/1990; ; 700+ words
; Now that Potomac and Fauquier have dispatched all other...final regular-season game is decisive. Potomac has won 24 consecutive district games...championship the last two seasons. Also, Potomac has only four losses the past three years...
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Potomac Takes a Tumble; Second-Half Run Keys Woodbridge in 60-51 Win
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/8/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...basketball team withstood everything No. 3 Potomac could dish out in the fourth quarter of last...that, Woodbridge (16-3, 7-3) beat Potomac, 60-51, to become the first team to hand Potomac (19-2, 10-1) a district loss in three...
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Potomac Boys Need Rally To Beat Gar-Field, 50-47
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...that it would not be easy to hand the Potomac boys basketball team its first Cardinal...appeared Gar-Field was the team to take Potomac down -- hard -- the Panthers rallied...have been their hallmarks all season. Potomac beat Gar-Field, 50-47, after having...
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Potomac: Privileged or Protected?; Growth Plan Raises Questions of Parity
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/14/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...boulevards lined with spectacular homes. But Potomac is more than just a prime piece of real...regularly cited by county officials and Potomac residents as worthy of protection from...describes what might be called a third Potomac: the favored child of Montgomery County...
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Potomac Runs Through History
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Press Writer AP Online 05-10-1999 Potomac Runs Through History WASHINGTON (AP) -- To its earliest explorers, the Potomac was a river of possibilities, a broad...the pan they used to fry them. The Potomac would one day know slavery and see...
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Potomac Boys Make Up For Lost Time With Win
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/16/1998; ; 700+ words
; For as much success as the Potomac High School boys track and field team...This year during the indoor season, Potomac finished second, two points short...wanted to take care of business," Potomac Coach Bill Stearns said. "They didn...
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Potomac River
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
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Army of the Potomac
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. In 1861 the U.S. Congress created the Army of the Potomac to protect Washington, D.C., from advancing Confederate forces. The demoralization of the Union army after its defeat at the First Battle...
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Potomac Electric Power Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Potomac Electric Power Company 1900 Pennsylvania...billion Stock Exchanges: New York Tokyo Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is an...immense plant on the Virginia side of the Potomac River at Chain Bridge. On March 12, 1896...
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Potomac
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Potomac , river, 285 mi (459 km) long, formed SE of Cumberland, Md., by the...from both Maryland and the District of Columbia. The upper course of the Potomac has cut several gaps across the parallel ridges of the Appalachian Mts...
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Potomac, Army of the
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Potomac, Army of the see Army of the Potomac .
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