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| Introduction | [xi] |
| [CHAPTER I] |
| Territorial Concepts |
| European Contests Affecting America and a Summary of American Expansion | [1] |
| By Albert Bushnell Hart, LL.D., Professor of History in Harvard University. Author of “National Ideals Historically Traced” and Editor of “The American Nation.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, in the history of Colonial America, between the Landing of Columbus, 1492, and Champlain’s Battle with the Iroquois, 1609. |
| [CHAPTER II] |
| A Fight for Life |
| The Hundred Years’ War Between Early Colonists and the Indians | [14] |
| By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Author of “A History of the United States.” |
| Champlain’s Battle with the Iroquois, 1609 | [27] |
| By Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Champlain’s Battle with the Iroquois, 1609, and the Conquest of the Pequots, 1637. |
| [CHAPTER III] |
| The Conquest of the Pequots, 1637 | [32] |
| By Richard Hildreth. Author of “The History of the United States of America.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Conquest of the Pequots, 1637, and the Defeat of King Philip, 1676. |
| [CHAPTER IV] |
| The Defeat of King Philip, 1676 | [44] |
| By Richard Hildreth. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Defeat of King Philip, 1676, and the Capture of Quebec, 1759. |
| [CHAPTER V] |
| The Fall of Quebec, 1759 | [63] |
| By Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL.D., Librarian of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. Author of “France in America.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Capture of Quebec, 1759, and the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. |
| [CHAPTER VI] |
| I. Causes of the American Revolution, 1775–1783 | [79] |
| II. The Outbreak of War, 1775 |
| By Claude Halstead Van Tyne, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of American History in the University of Michigan. Author of “The American Revolution.” |
| [CHAPTER VII] |
| The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775 | [102] |
| By Benson J. Lossing. Author of “The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775, and the Battle of Saratoga, 1777. |
| [CHAPTER VIII] |
| The Battle of Saratoga, 1777 | [120] |
| By Richard Hildreth. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Saratoga, 1777, and the Battle of Yorktown, 1781. |
| [CHAPTER IX] |
| I. Yorktown and the Surrender of Cornwallis, 1781 | [145] |
| II. The Results of Yorktown |
| By Claude Halstead Van Tyne, Ph.D. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Yorktown, 1781, and the Battles on the Lakes, 1813, 1814. |
| [CHAPTER X] |
| The Battle of Lake Erie, 1813 | [157] |
| By James Barnes. Author of “Naval Actions of the War of 1812.” |
| [CHAPTER XI] |
| The Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814 | [173] |
| By James Barnes. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, in the history of the United States, between the Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814, and the War with Mexico, 1846–1847. |
| [CHAPTER XII] |
| The Rupture with Mexico, 1843–1846 | [183] |
| I. The Approach of War |
| II. Conquering a Peace, 1846–1848 |
| By George Pierce Garrison, Ph.D., Professor of History in the University of Texas. Author of “Westward Extension.” |
| [CHAPTER XIII] |
| The Battle of Buena Vista, 1847 | [198] |
| By John Bonner. |
| [CHAPTER XIV] |
| Scott’s Conquest of Mexico, 1847 | [208] |
| Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Molino Del Rey, Chapultepec, the Occupation Of the City of Mexico |
| By John Bonner. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Conquest of Mexico, 1847, and the Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861. |
| [CHAPTER XV] |
| Fort Sumter, 1861 | [232] |
| I. Drift toward Southern Nationalization |
| II. Status of the Forts |
| III. The Fort Sumter Crisis |
| IV. The Fall of Fort Sumter |
| By French Ensor Chadwick, Rear-Admiral U. S. N. (Retired). Author of “Causes of the Civil War.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861, and the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac, 1862. |
| [CHAPTER XVI] |
| The Battle of the “Monitor” and the “Merrimac” | [274] |
| I. A Prelude to the Peninsular Campaign of April to June, 1862 |
| By James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D. Author of “The Appeal to Arms” and “The Outcome of the Civil War.” |
| II. The Story told by Captain Worden and Lieutenant Greene of the “Monitor” | [279] |
| By Lucius E. Chittenden. Author of “Recollections of Lincoln.” |
| [CHAPTER XVII] |
| Farragut’s Capture of New Orleans, 1862 | [288] |
| With some Notes on the Blockade |
| By James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Farragut’s Capture of New Orleans, 1862, and the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 1863. |
| [CHAPTER XVIII] |
| Vicksburg, January–July, 1863 | [295] |
| By James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D. |
| [CHAPTER XIX] |
| Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863 | [306] |
| By James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D. |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 1863, and Appomattox, 1865. |
| [CHAPTER XX] |
| The Last Scene—Appomattox, 1865 | [329] |
| Told by One Who Was Present |
| By Gen. G. A. Forsyth, U. S. A. (Retired). Author of “Thrilling Days in Army Life.” |
| Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Appomattox, 1865, and the Battles of Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba, 1898. |
| [CHAPTER XXI] |
| The Battle of Manila Bay, 1898 | [347] |
| [CHAPTER XXII] |
| The Battles of Santiago, 1898 | [357] |
| I. The First Period of the Spanish-American War in the West Indies |
| II. The Land Campaign |
| III. The Destruction of Cervera’s Fleet |
| IV. The Spanish Surrender |
| V. Controversies Caused by the War |
| By John Halladay Latané, Ph.D., Professor of History, Washington and Lee University. Author of “America as a World Power.” |
| Index | [379] |