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With travel rules still a little unpredictable, that African safari you’ve always dreamed of probably needs to stay on the bucket list for the time being. But why not satisfy your travel bug with a luxe getaway a little closer to home? “There are some wonderful properties right here in the United States that can host magical, luxurious vacations,” says Stacy Hart, a Jupiter-based luxury travel advisor with Protravel International. “Western dude ranches and mountain resort areas like Telluride in Colorado are beautiful year-round and filled with family-friendly activities.”
For a quick island escape, Hart recommends the gorgeous retreat Amanyara Beach Resort in Turks and Caicos, just a 90-minute flight from Miami and nestled along the shores of an 18,000-acre nature preserve. Says Hart: “Amanyara is known for its stand-alone pavilions and villas with dedicated butlers, not to mention private beaches and an award-winnin
january of 1862 and met with the president and the cabinet, laid out his plan for the capture of the confederate capital here in richmond and the defeat of the confederate forces defending richmond. he told them that his plan would involve defeating the enemy s capacity to make war and he would do so through the use of maneuver as opposed to costly headlong assaults against confederate bastions. the seizure of what was known as strategic points by the napoleonic scholars of the day would enable him to grab the initiative and force the confederates to respond to his initiatives. and what he laid out then was a giant flanking attack. not a headlong assault from washington right down the telegraph road along the line of richmond, fredericksburg railroad to richmond. no. no, he would go down the chesapeake bay after touching base at fortress monroe in hampton which never, ever surrendered to the confederates, his plan was then to move up to the rappahannock and then move inland.
the field at williamsburg. they all had a lot to learn. as the union forces followed up on that success at williamsburg and followed joe johnston s forces retreating up the peninsula, they encountered one of the rainiest months of may on record. and they struggled with maps, u.s. army topographic service maps that bore little if any relation to reality. mcclellan received a note from colonel george stoneman whose cavalry found him at new kent courthouse on the 10th of may. solomon says, the map is wrong with regard that this road and every road! mcclellan then sent a telegram up to edwin stanton at the war department saying that he has absolutely no information in detail of the country to our front and we are trying to simply grope our way. please send ten topographical engineers to my headquarters right away. and my nominee as man of the year has been criticized for not moving faster up the peninsula. i want you to take just a second. take a look at this. he wasn t getting m
forces up the york river toward west point to seize an advanced logistical base and then he sent other forces out towards williamsburg on the 5th of may those forces collided with confederate rear guard, people like longstreet, hill. and all of the union army held the field at williamsburg at the end of the day as the sun was going down and mcclellan could send another dispatch to washington in which he says among all of my generals, hancock was superb. winfield scott hancock was superb. giving hancock, of course, that hancock was superb that would last the rest of the war, all the generals north and south came out of that experience understanding that leading a troop of cavalry in texas in 1858 was a lot different than commanding a division of 6,000 soldiers all of whom are looking to you for guidance, inspiration, and development on the field at williamsburg. they all had a lot to learn. as the union forces followed up on that success at williamsburg and followed joe johnst
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