William Woodford [SEP] conflict
William Woodford
William Woodford (October 6, 1734 – November 13, 1780) was an American Revolutionary War general from Virginia.
Early life.
William Woodford was born in Caroline County, Virginia Colony, in the town, of present-day Woodford. His wife's grandmother, Mildred Washington Gregory, was George Washington's Aunt and Godmother. His father, Major William Woodford, was one of Governor Spotswood's Knights Of the Golden Horseshoe. His grandfather, Dr. William Cocke, served Virginia as the Secretary of
in April 1898. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December.
In June 1897, President William McKinley had appointed Stewart L. Woodford to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, in a last attempt to convince the Spanish government to sell its colonies. Spain refused and severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. on April 21, 1898.
The War was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement. The war grew out of U.S. interest