| | PAGE |
| PREFACE. | [3] |
| CHAPTER I. |
| The Youth of George Washington. | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. |
| The First Military Expedition. | [44] |
| CHAPTER III. |
| The French War. | [78] |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| The Warrior, the Statesman, and the Planter. | [108] |
| CHAPTER V. |
| The Gathering Storm of War. | [138] |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| The Conflict Commenced. | [170] |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| Progress of the War. | [202] |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| The Siege of Boston. | [232] |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| The War in New York. | [264] |
| CHAPTER X. |
| The Vicissitudes of War. | [295] |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| The Loss of Philadelphia, and the Capture of Burgoyne. | [325] |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| Concluding Scenes. | [341] |