The Rough Riders were a famous group of horsemen during the Spanish-American War. They were led by Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt actually resigned from office so that he could serve.
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In 1780, Virginia's state capital was officially moved from Williamsburg to Richmond. During the war, British troops captured Williamsburg and often raided Virginia towns accessible by water (including Richmond). The worst raid to befall Richmond (a port city at the falls of the James River) occurred in 1781
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Winfield Scott, a General-in-Chief for the U.S. Union Army, came up with the Anaconda Plan to blockade the Southern waterways of the Mississippi and patrol the Mississippi river, in an attempt to split Confederate forces. The main drawback of the plan, although initiated from the onset, was that is was nearly an impossible task to accomplish due to the size of the Mississippi River.