Maryland Campaign

Examples of Maryland Campaign in the following topics:

• The Second Bull Run and the Battle of Antietam

  • It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen.
  • The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, was fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek.
  • The battle was part of the Maryland Campaign, and was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil.
  • Lee into Maryland, Union Army Maj.
  • Nevertheless, Lee's invasion of Maryland was ended, and he was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan.

• McClellan's Peninsular Campaign

  • McClellan attempted to capture Richmond in the Peninsular Campaign, but numerous sieges forced his retreat.
  • Another setback for the campaign was the emergence of the first Confederate ironclad ship, the CSS Virginia, which complicated further Union operations along the James River.
  • The first heavy fighting of the campaign occurred in the Battle of Williamsburg, in which the Union troops managed some tactical victories, but the Confederates continued their withdrawal.
  • The battle was inconclusive with heavy casualties, but it had lasting effects on the campaign.
  • Nonetheless, Confederate morale was high following the battles, and Lee continued his aggressive strategies in the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Maryland Campaign.

• Korea, Communism, and the 1952 Election

  • The Eisenhower campaign was one of the first presidential campaigns to make a major, concerted effort to win the female vote.
  • The Eisenhower campaign made extensive use of female campaign workers.
  • His campaign slogan, "I Like Ike," was one of the most popular in American history.
  • Eisenhower maintained a comfortable lead in the polls throughout most of the campaign.
  • Eisenhower presidential campaign in Baltimore, Maryland, September 1952, featuring the popular campaign slogan: "I Like Ike".

• Stalemate in the Eastern Theater

  • The eastern theater of the American Civil War included the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and the coastal fortifications and seaports of North Carolina.
  • The Union army was pushed further back in retreat, allowing Lee an opening to the north into Maryland.
  • In the summer of 1863, Lee's second invasion, the Gettysburg Campaign, reached Pennsylvania, which was farther north than any other major Confederate army had gone previously.
  • Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.
  • The campaign was effectively concluded with a Union victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864.

• Maryland

  • Maryland was established in 1632 as a haven for English Roman Catholics in the New World.
  • The Province of Maryland was a British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other 12 of the North American colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the state of Maryland.
  • Colonial Maryland was larger than the present-day state of Maryland.
  • In 1649, Maryland passed the Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, a law mandating religious tolerance for Christians.
  • In 1664, the Maryland assembly passed a "black code" which declared each Negro to be a slave for life by virtue of his color; by 1755, about 40% of Maryland's population was black.

• The Election of 1988

  • Bush capitalized on a good economy, a stable international stage, and Reagan's popularity, while Dukakis's campaign suffered from several miscues.
  • Confident they could win back the White House, Democrats mounted a campaign focused on more effective and competent government under the leadership of Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.
  • When Bush found himself down in the polls, political advisor Lee Atwater launched an aggressively negative media campaign, accusing Dukakis of being soft on crime and connecting his liberal policies to a brutal murder in Massachusetts.
  • Although his victory was not a landslide in the popular vote, Bush was the last Republican to carry certain states which have since gained a reputation as "blue states" that favor the Democratic Party, including included Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, and California.
  • Michael Dukakis at a campaign rally at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on the eve of the 1988 election.

• The Election of 1828 and the Character Issue

  • The 1828 campaign differed significantly from earlier presidential contests because of the party organization that promoted Andrew Jackson.
  • Though he did not wage an election campaign filled with public appearances, Jackson did give one major campaign speech in New Orleans on January 8, the anniversary of the defeat of the British in 1815.
  • The campaign was marked by an impressive amount of mudslinging.
  • In addition, Adams picked up Maryland.
  • Jackson won the majority by a landslide, with Adams only winning the New England states, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

• The Battle of Fredericksburg

  • Confederate armies had been on the move earlier in the fall, invading Kentucky and Maryland, and although each had been turned back, those armies remained intact and capable of further action.
  • Lee at the Battle of Antietam in Maryland, but had not been able to destroy Lee's army, nor did he pursue Lee back into Virginia aggressively enough for Lincoln.
  • On December 15, Burnside withdrew his army, ending another failed Union campaign in the eastern theater.

• The Populist Party and the Election of 1896

  • In a test vote on an anti-silver measure, the Eastern states (from Maryland to Maine), with 28% of the delegates, voted 96% in favor of gold.

• Lincoln and Republican Victory in 1860

  • In the North, there were hundreds of Republican speakers, a deluge of campaign posters and leaflets, and thousands of newspaper editorials.
  • While the campaign propaganda concentrated on disseminating the party platform, it also drew attention to Lincoln's life story, making the most of his boyhood poverty, his pioneer background, his innate genius, and his rise from obscurity.
  • Both John Bell of Tennessee (the Constitutional Union Party candidate) and Douglas had campaigned on a platform stating that they could save the Union from secession, warning Americans that a vote for Lincoln was a vote for disunion.
  • In the four slave states that did not secede (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware), Lincoln came in third or fourth.