2006-10-16 17:42:54 · 5 answers · asked by Jonathan C 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No, General J.E.B. Stuart demonstrated with his cavalry corps during the period leading up to Gettysburg battle in 1863. Demonstrated means that he threatened the city by maneuver. That is as close as they came, it was never a serious threat, but the Federals in DC saw it differently.
The British, of course, occupied and burned Washington during the War of 1812. Had dinner in the White House then torched it. Dolly Madison (the presidents wife) not the ice cream lady, saved a portrait of G. Washington.
2006-10-16 17:46:50 · answer #1 · answered by Squid Vicious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No The Confederacy never occupied Washington DC. After the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run for all you Yankees) The Confederacy had there greatest chance to occupy Washington DC. After that though there never was a serious challenge.
2006-10-17 09:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by JohnRingold 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There were 2 invasions of the North by the Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee. The first resulted in the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) in September 1862 and the other the Battle of Gettysberg. However, both were Union victories and the South never came close to capturing or occupying Washington, D.C.
2006-10-17 00:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by tony_rovere 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Confederate General Jubal Early (Old Jubilee) got within shooting distance, and President Lincoln actually went out and stood on a fort's wall to watch the fighting. That made Lincoln the only sitting U.S. President ever to come under fire. A young captain grabbed him by the coattail and said "Get down, you d.a.m.n.e.d fool, before you get killed!" General Grant was able to send enough reinforcements to prevent Early from actually capturing the city.
2006-10-17 00:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, we waited until after the war, and we've pretty much occupied it ever since.
2006-10-17 09:39:38 · answer #5 · answered by Jim P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋