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United States of America
Topic Started: Sep 4 2006, 12:33 PM (325 Views)
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United States of America

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President Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the USA


General Information

President of the United States: - Franklin Pierce
Capital: - Washington, D.C.
Currency: - United States Dollar (USD)
Estimated Population: - 25,736,000 (1853)
Predominant Language: - American English
Predominant Ethnic Groups: - European, African, Native

United States Government

The Executive Branch (1853)
President: - Franklin Pierce
Vice President: - (None)
Secretary of State: - William L. Marcy
Secretary of the Treasury: - James Guthrie
Secretary of War: - Jefferson Davis
Attorney General: - Caleb Cushing
Postmaster General: - James Campbell
Secretary of the Navy: - James C. Dobbin
Secretary of the Interior: - Robert McClelland

The Legislative Branch - Senate
(34th Congress, 1855-57)
Democratic Party: - 39 Seats
Whig Party: - 22 Seats
American Party: - 1 Seat

The Legislative Branch - House
(34th Congress, 1855-57)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: - Linn Boyd
Democratic Party: - 84 Seats
American Party: - 62 Seats
Whig Party: - 60 Seats
Republican Party: - 46 Seats
Independents: - 0 Seats

The Judicial Branch (1853)
Chief Justice: - Roger B. Taney (Appointed 1836)
Associates Justice:
- John McLean
- James M. Wayne
- John Catron
- Peter V. Daniel
- Samuel Nelson
- Roger C. Grier
- Benjamin R. Curtis
- John A. Campbell

The States (1850 - 31 states)
Delaware - 1776
Pennsylvania - 1776
New Jersey - 1776
Georgia - 1776
Connecticut - 1776
Massachusetts - 1776
Maryland - 1776
South Carolina - 1776
New Hampshire - 1776
Virginia - 1776
New York - 1776
North Carolina - 1776
Rhode Island - 1776
Vermont - 1791
Kentucky - 1792
Tennessee -1796
Ohio - 1803
Louisiana - 1812
Indiana - 1816
Mississippi - 1817
Illinois - 1818
Alabama - 1819
Maine - 1820
Missouri - 1821
Arkansas - 1836
Michigan - 1837
Florida - 1845
Texas - 1845
Iowa - 1846
Wisconsin - 1848
California - 1850

The Territories (1850)
Minnesota Territory
New Mexico Territory
Utah Territory
Oregon Territory
Washington Territory
Colony of Liberia
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United States Foreign Relations

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Secretary of State William Learned Marcy


Active Treaties
- Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817 (Outlying the demilitarization in the Great Lakes between the US and Great Britain)
- Anglo-American Convention of 1818 (Outlying the joint-government of the Oregon Territory between the US and Great Britain)
- Treaty of Detroit (Outlying Native American land cessions)
- Treaty of Saginaw (Outlying Native American land cessions)
- Adams-Onís Treaty (Outlying the Spanish cession of Florida and defining the Louisiana-Texas and the Louisiana-California boundaries)
- Brazilian-American Trade Agreement (Outlying the sale of American manufactured goods to Brazil)
- Mexican-American Treaty of 1831 (Outlying the purchase of western lands)
- Bidlack-Delapena Treaty of 1850 (Outlying American rights to enforce military protection over Panama, and the construction of a railroad)
- 1851 Treaty of London (Outlying Anglo-American boundary definitions)
- 1851 Treaty of Lima (Outlying US-Peruvian friendship, commercial relations and arms proliferation)
- 1851 Treaty of Mexico City (Outlying US-Mexican friendship, commercial relations and arms proliferation)
- 1852 Treaty of Edo (Outlying US-Japanese commercial relations)
- 1853 Sao Paulo Treaty of Commerce (Outlying US-Brazilian friendship and commercial relations)
- 1853 American-Venezuelan Treaty of Commerce (Outlying US-Venezuelan commercial relations and arms proliferation)
- 1854 Anglo-American Trade Agreement (Outlying the mutual lowering of tariffs regarding the Province of Canada)
- 1855 Marcy-Rebeco Industrial Trade Agreement (Outlying the reduction and eradication of mutual tariffs on Industrial Goods)

Cordial Relations
- Brazilian Empire
- Kingdom of the French
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Republic of Chile
- Republic of Peru
- United States of Mexico

Indifferent Relations
- Austrian Empire
- Japanese Empire
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- Kingdom of the Hellenes
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Ottoman Empire
- Republic of Argentina
- Republic of Colombia
- Republic of Ecuador
- Republic of Venezuela
- Russian Empire
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Unfriendly Relations
- None

Hostile Relations
- None
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United States Army

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Commanding General of the United States Army
Major-General Winfield Scott

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American Soldiers in a Battle Drill, 1855

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Field Artillery, 1855


Statistics

Army Technology: - Napoleonic (1)

Total Manpower: - 3,860,400 men (1853)

Professionals: - 42,000 men (26,000 Field, 16,000 Garrisons)
Militia: - 257,000 men
Reservists: - 66,000 men

Annual Army Upkeep: - £4,014,400
Professionals - £672,000
Militia - £3,289,600
Reservists - £52,800

Regular Armies

Army of the Potomac (20,000 Infantry, 2,000 Cavalry, 70 guns - Washington, D.C.)
Commanded by: Major-General Winfield Scott, Major-General John E. Wool
1st Infantry Division
- 1st New York Infantry
- 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry
- 1st Artillery
2nd Infantry Division
- 3rd Connecticut Infantry
- 4th Maryland Infantry
- 2nd Artillery
1st Cavalry Brigade
- 1st New York Cavalry
- 2nd Ohio Cavalry

Army of the Plains (2,000 Cavalry - Great Plains)
2nd Cavalry Brigade
- 3rd Iowa Cavalry
- 4th Wisconsin Cavalry

Foreign Stations

Fort Madden, Panama, United States of Mexico
- New York Volunteers Battalion - 1,000 men, 5 guns

Fort Monrovia, Monrovia, Colony of Liberia
- Monrovia Volunteers Battalion - 1,000 men, 5 guns

Garrisons

Washington, D.C.
Fort Washington - Stone Fort, Garrison of 900 men and 60 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 1,000 men in the city

Baltimore
Fort McHenry - Stone Fort, Garrison of 800 men and 50 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 1,000 men in the city

New York
Fort Columbus - Stone Fort, Garrison of 500 men and 40 Artillery Pieces
Castle Williams - Stone Fort, Garrison of 500 men and 40 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 1,000 men in the city

Portsmouth
Fort McClary - Stone Fort, Garrison of 300 men and 20 Artillery Pieces
Fort Constitution - Stone Fort, Garrison of 300 men and 20 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 500 men in the city

Boston
Fort Independence - Stone Fort, Garrison of 800 men and 50 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 900 men in the city

New London
Fort Griswold - Earthen Fort, Garrison of 200 men and 10 Artillery Pieces

Philadelphia
Fort Mifflin - Stone Fort, Garrison of 500 men and 30 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 1,000 men in the city

Norfolk
Fort Norfolk - Stone Fort, Garrison of 300 men and 25 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 800 men in the city

Savannah
Fort Jefferson - Stone Fort, Garrison of 200 men and 15 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 100 men in the city

Mobile
Fort Morgan - Stone Fort, Garrison of 400 men and 30 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 200 men in the city

New Orleans
Fort Jackson - Stone Fort, Garrison of 600 men and 40 Artillery Pieces
Fort St. Philip - Stone Fort, Garrison of 600 men and 40 Artillery Pieces
Fort Pike - Stone Fort, Garrison of 600 men and 40 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 1,000 men in the city

Sacramento
Fort Sutter - Stone Fort, Garrison of 500 men and 40 Artillery Pieces
Garrison of 500 men in the city

Reserves

Infantry Reserves:
1st Pennsylvania Reserves
2nd New York Reserves
3rd Massachusetts Reserves
4th Kentucky Reserves
5th Ohio Reserves
6th Georgia Reserves
7th North Carolina Reserves
8th Louisiana Reserves
9th Missouri Reserves
10th Tennessee Reserves

Cavalry Reserves:
1st Virginia Cavalry Reserves
2nd Georgia Cavalry Reserves
3rd Alabama Cavalry Reserves
4th Mississippi Cavalry Reserves
5th Louisiana Cavalry Reserves
6th Missouri Cavalry Reserves
7th Tennessee Cavalry Reserves
8th Tennessee Cavalry Reserves
9th Illinois Cavalry Reserves
10th Indiania Cavalry Reserves
11th Ohio Cavalry Reserves
12th Kentucky Cavalry Reserves
13th Georgia Cavalry Reserves
14th Alabama Cavalry Reserves
15th North Carolina Cavalry Reserves
16th South Carolina Cavalry Reserves

State Militias

Delaware Militia
Pennsylvania Militia
New Jersey Militia
Georgia Militia
Connecticut Militia
Massachusetts Militia
Maryland Militia
South Carolina Militia
New Hampshire Militia
Virginia Militia
New York Militia
North Carolina Militia
Rhode Island Militia
Vermont Militia
Kentucky Militia
Tennessee Militia
Ohio Militia
Louisiana Militia
Indiana Militia
Mississippi Militia
Illinois Militia
Alabama Militia
Maine Militia
Missouri Militia
Arkansas Militia
Michigan Militia
Florida Militia
Texas Militia
Iowa Militia
Wisconsin Militia
California Militia
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United States Navy

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The USS Mississippi, 1851, a 22-gun Sidewheel Steam Frigate


Statistics

Sail Ships - 4 ships (Sub-total - £160,000)
4 Two-Deckers (£160,000)

Steam Ships - 38 ships (Sub-total - £2,275,200)
2 Three-Deckers (£201,600)
8 Two-Deckers (£576,000)
20 Cruising Frigates (£1,152,000)
8 Sidewheel Escort Frigates (£345,600)

Total Annual Upkeep: - £2,435,200 (1856)

Naval Technology: - Steam-based Screw Propulsion (4)

Ship List

Three-Decker Screw Battleships
- USS Delaware (90 Smoothbore, 16 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Pennsylvania (90 Smoothbore, 16 8"-Shell, 1853)

Two-Decker Screw Battleships
- USS New Jersey (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Georgia (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Connecticut (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Massachusetts (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Maryland (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS South Carolina (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS New Hampshire (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Virginia (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)

Cruising Screw Frigates
- USS Cape May (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Cumberland (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Salem (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Gloucester (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Camden (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Burlington (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Atlantic (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Ocean (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Monmouth (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Mercer (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Middlesex (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Somerset (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Hunterdon (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Warren (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Morris (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Princeton (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Philadelphia (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Montgomery (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Chester (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Lehigh (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)

Two-Decker Sail Battleships
- USS Constitution (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1797, R. 1831 - Sail)
- USS Guerriere (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1814 - Sail)
- USS Java (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1814 - Sail)
- USS Potomac (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1822 - Sail)

Sidewheel Escort Frigates
- USS Adirondack (8 Smoothbore, 1824 - Sidewheel)
- USS Saratoga (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Mississippi (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Plymouth (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Champlain (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Alert (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Erie (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Hornet (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)

Under Construction

- USS Brown (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Highland (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Scioto (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Pike (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Ross (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Adams (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Vinton (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Jackson (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Lawrence (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)
- USS Gallia (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1856)

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Fleets

North Atlantic Squadron (15 ships - Chesapeake Bay)
Commanded by: Commodore Robert F. Stockton

- USS Delaware (90 Smoothbore, 16 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Pennsylvania (90 Smoothbore, 16 8"-Shell, 1853)

- USS New Jersey (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Georgia (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Connecticut (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Massachusetts (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Maryland (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS South Carolina (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS New Hampshire (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)
- USS Virginia (60 Smoothbore, 12 8"-Shell, 1853)

- USS Cape May (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Cumberland (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Salem (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Gloucester (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Camden (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)

Middle Atlantic Squadron (4 ships - Charleston)
Commanded by: Commodore Charles Stewart

- USS Constitution (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1797, R. 1831 - Sail)
- USS Guerriere (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1814 - Sail)
- USS Java (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1814 - Sail)
- USS Potomac (52 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1822 - Sail)

Gulf Squadron (15 ships - New Orleans)
Commanded by: Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth

- USS Burlington (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Atlantic (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Ocean (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Monmouth (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Mercer (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Middlesex (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Somerset (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Hunterdon (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Warren (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Morris (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1854)
- USS Princeton (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Philadelphia (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Montgomery (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Chester (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)
- USS Lehigh (30 Smoothbore, 8 8"-Shell, 1852)

Pacific Squadron (8 ships - San Diego)
Commanded by: Commodore Matthew Perry

- USS Adirondack (8 Smoothbore, 1824 - Sidewheel)
- USS Saratoga (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Mississippi (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Plymouth (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Champlain (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Alert (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Erie (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)
- USS Hornet (18 Smoothbore, 4 8"-Shell, 1851 - Sidewheel)

Dockyards

Atlantic Coast, North to South
Portland, Maine (Large)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Medium)
Boston, Massachusetts (Large)
New Bedford, Massachusetts (Small)
Providence, Rhode Island (Small)
New Haven, Connecticut (Medium)
Bridgeport, Connecticut (Medium)
Stamford, Connecticut (Small)
Brooklyn, New York (Small)
New York, New York (Large)
Newark, New Jersey (Medium)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Large)
Baltimore, Maryland (Large)
Norfolk, Virginia (Large)
Charleston, South Carolina (Small)
Savannah, Georgia (Small)
Jacksonville, Florida (Small)

Gulf Coast, East to West
Pensacola, Florida (Medium)
Mobile, Alabama (Small)
New Orleans, Louisiana (Medium)
Galveston, Texas (Small)

Pacific Coast, North to South
San Diego, California (Small)

Other
Monrovia, Liberia (Small)
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