One of the men who facilitated this action was 83 when he savagely beat six men who tried to assault him and his 15 year-old wife. Helped along by Cas
One of the men who facilitated this action was 83 when he savagely beat six men who tried to assault him and his 15 year-old wife. Helped along by Cassius Clay, it led to a military command under a man who had murdered a fellow Union general, Jefferson C. Davis, while a dispute stemming from this action was finally resolved in the Hay-Herbert treaty. This action was secured after a stirring speech by another veteran of public violence, Charles Sumner, breaking a year-long deadlock on its authorization. Leading to the establishment of an administration in Sitka, for 10 points, identify this action derided before the Klondike Goldrush as Seward's Folly.
One of the men who facilitated this action was 83 when he savagely beat six men who tried to assault him and his 15 year-old wife.
The {Purchase} of {Alaska} [accept equivalents; accept early {Seward's Folly} or {Seward's Icebox}; or {Andrew Johnson's Polar Bear Garden}]