With the great Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, and the defeat of the Copperheads in the Ohio election in the fall, Lincoln maintained a strong base of party support and was in a strong position to redefine the war effort, despite the New York City draft riots.

With victory over Mexico Northerners attempted in the Wilmot Proviso to exclude slavery from conquered territories ; it never passed.

With several England players having retired or been injured after the 2005 series, Australia regained The Ashes in the 2006 – 07 series with a convincing 5 – 0 victory, the second time an Ashes series has been won by that margin.

With these lessons in mind, Alfred capitalised on the relatively peaceful years immediately following his victory at Ethandrun by focusing on an ambitious restructuring of his kingdom's military defences.

With their foe broken and routed, the Allies were able to fully exploit their victory.

With the hero status of Churchill, few expected a Labour victory.

With Milan, Baresi won six scudetti ( Serie A league titles ) and three European Cups – though he did not take part in the last win, his club's 1994 Champions League victory, through suspension.

With neither able to achieve victory, they express admiration for each other's courage, skill, and strength.

With Jackson's victory in the election Polk began to support the administration's position in Congress.

With the victory of Henry VII at Bosworth, Kenilworth again received royal attention ; Henry visited frequently and had a tennis court constructed at the castle for his use.

On June 14, 1940, the day Paris was declared an open city by the French and occupied by German troops, Riefenstahl wrote to Hitler in a telegram, “ With indescribable joy, deeply moved and filled with burning gratitude, we share with you, my Führer, your and Germany's greatest victory, the entry of German troops into Paris.

With this common touch and broad appeal, he subsequently led the party to victory in the election against the Progressive Conservative Party led by George Drew.

With a 30 – 23 victory on Monday Night Football, the Vikings moved to a 4 – 0 record.

With the Jets ' victory and victories by the Rams and Eagles, the Giants were eliminated from playoff contention and the Jets gained what many considered respect.

With the victory, the Giants advanced to the second round against the top-ranked Green Bay Packers.

With its victory at Mantinea, Sparta pulled itself back from the brink of utter defeat, and re-established its hegemony throughout the Peloponnese.

With players such as Alworth, Paul Lowe, Keith Lincoln and John Hadl, the high-scoring Chargers won divisional crowns five of the league ’ s first six seasons and the AFL title in 1963 with a 51 – 10 victory over the Boston Patriots.

With its victory in the Spanish-American War in 1899 and its growing stature in the world, the United States supported annexation of the former Spanish colonies of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, without the consent of their peoples, and it retained " quasi-suzerainty " over Cuba, as well.

With victory over Russia in 1917 Germany now calculated it could finally have numerical superiority on the Western Front.

With victory in hand, the land expansion of the Base was slowed through much of the 1920s.

With an almost 4-to-1 spending advantage, Harding won a landslide victory.

With the Allied victory over Germany becoming certain in 1944, the only option to save Estonia's independence was to stave off a new Soviet invasion of Estonia until Germany's capitulation.

With this victory, the Turks accepted Taizong as their Khagan, or Great Khan ( 天可汗 ), in addition to his rule as the Son of Heaven.

With the victory of the U. S. Navy at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, the fate of the Spanish position at Santiago was sealed.

With Artuqid support, however, Saladin eventually took control of Mosul as well.

With Beauregard's help, Johnston decided to concentrate forces with those formerly under Polk and now already under Beauregard's command at the strategically located railroad crossroads of Corinth, Mississippi, which he reached by a circuitous route.

With the reasoning that a divorce from Octavia and a marriage to Poppaea was not politically feasible with Agrippina alive, Nero decided to kill Agrippina.

With evidence in hand from both the Corona satellite and Navy Reconnaissance aircraft, at the beginning of October the administration decided it was now worth risking U-2 flights over Cuba.

With the book gone, he felt empty of ideas, and decided to start a new series which was an allegory of Mid-Eastern politics.

With the death of Stalin in early March 1953, Russian support for a Chinese hard-line weakened and China decided to compromise on the prisoner issue.

With the upgrading of the West Coast Demerara / East Bank Essequibo and the East Coast Demerara / West Coast Berbice roadways, the Government decided in mid 1970s to cease operating the railway services, which were being run at a loss.

With the release of new version of the GTK + widget toolkit, which was used to construct the user interface of Galeon, the team decided to write a new version of Galeon from scratch.

With Jefferson's second term winding down, and his decision to retire widely known, Madison decided to seek the presidency in 1808.

With the Old Kalevala now well into its first publication run, Lönnrot decided to continue collecting poems to supplement his existing work and to understand the culture more completely.

With the Labour left still strong – in 1981 Benn decided to challenge Healey for the deputy leadership of the party, a contest Healey won narrowly – Foot struggled to make an impact and was widely criticised for it, though his performances in the Commons, most notably on the Falklands war of 1982, won him widespread respect from other parliamentarians, though he was criticised by some on the left who felt that he should not have supported the Thatcher government's immediate resort to military action.

With his first attempt ruined, Flaherty decided to not only return for new footage, but also to refocus the film on one Eskimo family as he felt his earlier footage was too much of travelogue.

With unfavourable exchange rates in the late 1980s, Porsche decided to focus its efforts on its more upmarket models, dropping the 924S for 1989 and the base 944 later that same year.

With permission from Empress Dowager Longyu, Yuan Shikai began negotiating with Sun Yat-sen, who decided that his goal had been achieved in forming a republic, and that therefore he could allow Yuan to step into the position of President of the Republic of China.

With the development of the atomic clock in the early 1960s, it was decided to use atomic time as the basis of the definition of the second, rather than the revolution of the Earth around the Sun.

With his career at a halt, Severus decided to temporarily return to Leptis, where the climate was healthier.

With Yoshimoto dead, Motoyasu decided to ally with the Oda clan.

With the encouragement of Maxim Gorky, Stalin decided to grant Zamyatin's request.

With Peugeot supplying the engines for Prost GP, Mugen-Honda decided to supply the Jordan team.

With this last minute change in opposition in mind, and the added fear of the Republican Guard blowing up the platforms upon attack, the SEALs decided to change their plan to quickly take out all opposition before physically securing MABOT.

" With World War II heating up, recalled Catherine Smith, and " both of them heading out of the German capital, they decided to marry just four days after their first date.

With the support of one of the premier media strategists of the day, David Garth, Anderson decided to join the race.

With Cromwell's forces threatening Charles's position in Scotland, it was decided to mount an attack on England.

With the Persian Empire now effectively under Alexander's control, Alexander then decided to pursue Darius, but Darius was killed by a satrap, who was also his cousin, named Bessus before Alexander reached him.

With the advent of the metric system after the French Revolution it was decided that the quarter circle should be divided into 100 degrees instead of 90 degrees, and the degree into 100 seconds instead of 60 seconds.