During the Civil War, numerous towns, cities, and regions in the border states were filled with Confederate sympathizers. Missouri, in particular, was a deeply divided border state. The city of Baltimore, however, was not only home to numerous Confederate sympathizers; it was also the scene of a violent riot in April of 1861. Instigated by secessionist-minded residents as Union troops marched through the city's streets, it resulted in sixteen deaths and many more wounded.
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The highest ranking Confederate General of all was from New Jersey. His name was Samuel Cooper and few people have heard of him today. He had married a girl from Virginia and went south with her when secession came. He had been Adjutant and Inspector General of the US Army when Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War during the Pierce Administration. As Confederate President, Davis named him to the same position in the new Confederate Army. In the summer of 1861 the Confederate Congress passed an Act authorizing the promotion of five officers to the rank of full, four star general. In August Davis submitted his list, in order of the seniority they were to have at this rank - Cooper, Albert Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre G. T. Beauregard. Davis seems to have hoped Cooper would help him manage the Confederate war effort, but Davis had the tendency to micromanage and was usually dissatisfied with anything anybody else did. This attitude plus Cooper's own reluctance made Cooper basically a glorified clerk, despite his exalted rank. He never held a field command for the Confederacy. The New York City Street Department seems to have been a hotbed of Confederate sympathy. The Street Commissioner in 1861, Gustavus W. Smith, was a West Pointer born in Kentucky. He went south and became a Major General. Serving with Smith on the NY City Street Commission was Mansfield Lovell, another West Pointer, born in the District of Columbia. He also became a Confederate two star. Bushrod R. Johnson was a West Pointer and a Confederate two star from Ohio. Daniel M. Frost was a West Pointer from New York who became a Confederate one star. There were a few others but I'm not remembering them right now. There were about 423 men generally agreed to have been a one, two, three or four star Confederate general, and almost all of them were from the south. Only two foreign born individuals got two star rank.
In the years leading the to outbreak of World War 1, alliances were made among the great powers in Europe to create what is known as a "balance of power." The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand drew the Austro-Hungarian Empire into war with Russia. Austria-Hungary's alliance with Germany forced Germany into the war, and Russia's alliances with England and France forced them into the war as well. With the single declaration of war between Austria-Hungary and Russia, all of Europe's great powers were suddenly at a state of war with one another.
It is a place where a lot of crime is spawned. A "hotbed" is a place which aids germination.
The noun 'hotbed' is a countable noun. The plural form is hotbeds.
Boston most often receives that credit.
they have a reputation for being a hotbed for terrorism
It means there was a lot of crime in that area.
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No party has a solid foothold in Colorado and the leadership regularly rotates. Boulder is considered a liberal stronghold and Colorado Springs is a hotbed of conservative ideology. It is seen as a swing state.
No, it is not. Although, it is currently a political hotbed.
There are many, as Virginia has been a hotbed during the Colonial Era, Revolutionary Era, and Civil War Era. Some are:Bull RunYorktownJamestownThe Natural BridgeRichmond (Confederate Capital)
North Carolina was not a hotbed for secession. But after Fort Sumter North Carolina joined four other Southern states in the Confederacy, they included Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and finally, the very late entrance into the rebellion of North Carolina in May 20, 1861. The people of this state were virtually dragged into the Southern cause.
Parliament passed four acts in 1774 aimed specifically at what was seen as the hotbed of rebellion, Boston.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided.