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. . 3.2 Clay proposes compromise Abuja Nigeria (1991) Other important personalities of the Civil War born in the immediate Washington area included Confederate Senator Thomas Jenkins Semmes Union general John Milton Brannan John Rodgers Meigs (whose death sparked a significant controversy throughout the North) and Confederate brigade commander Richard Hanson Weightman, Before the secession of Texas Mexico comprised almost 1,700,000 sq mi (4,400,000 km2) but by 1849 it was just under 800,000 square miles (2,100,000 km2) Another 30,000 square miles (78,000 km2) were sold to the U.S in the Gadsden Purchase of 1853 so the total reduction of Mexican territory was more than 55% or 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 km2). . ! . .

Washington Gas is the city's natural gas utility and serves over one million customers in the District and its suburbs Incorporated by Congress in 1848 the company installed the city's first gas lights in the Capitol the White House and along Pennsylvania Avenue. . Precipitation occurs throughout the year Civil War. USS Constitution 2 Defending the capital President Lincoln (center right) with from left Generals Sherman and Grant and Admiral Porter in the Peacemakers an 1868 painting of events aboard the River Queen in March 1865.