Decisive Battles of America

by Unknown

[292] Act of February 14, 1903, U. S. Statutes at Large, XXXII, pt. i, p. 830.

INDEX

• Abercrombie, James, killed at Bunker Hill, [115].
• Adams, John, elected President, [154].
• Adams, John Quincy, interested in western exploration, [9];
• elected President, [180];
• Texas, [184].
• Adams, Samuel, circular letter, [90];
• “committees of correspondence,” [92];
• on independence, [96];
• outlawed, [102].
• Aguinaldo, Emilio, insurrection, [356].
• Alabama, admitted into the Union, [180];
• secession, [231].
• Alabama and the Kearsarge, [327];
• Claims, [343].
• Alaska, purchase, [11], [343].
• Alger, R. A., Spanish War, [363];
• resignation, [374], [375].
• Alien acts, passage, [154].
• Alliance fired upon, [345].
• Almonte, J. N., annexation of Texas, [184], [185];
• demands his passports, [185].
• Alston, Charles, at surrender of Sumter, [271].
• Amendment, Thirteenth, [328];
• Fourteenth, [343];
• Fifteenth, [343].
• America, territorial history, [1–12].
• American, flag adopted, [143];
• victory at Cowpens, [144];
• Embargo Act, [155];
• Anti-Slavery Society, [181].
• Americans, at Bunker Hill, [102–108];
• at battle of Long Island, [119];
• at White Plains, [119];
• at Bennington, [119];
• at Saratoga, [120];
• at Valley Forge, [143];
• storm Stony Point, [144];
• at Yorktown, [145];
• invade Canada, [155];
• at Chippewa, [156];
• occupy California, [182];
• New Mexico, [182].
• Amherst, Jeffrey, commander-in-chief in America, [66];
• advance down Lake Champlain, [73].
• Ampudia, Pedro de, at Buena Vista, [200], [203], [205].
• Anderson, Robert, commands Charleston forts, [243];
• fitness, [243];
• urges reinforcements and occupation of Pinckney and Sumter, [243], [244];
• state enrollment of fort laborers, [245];
• instructions, [246–247];
• removal to Sumter, [251–253];
• refuses to return, [254], [255];
• Lamon’s statements, [256];
• Beauregard, [256];
• defensive instructions repeated, [253];
• scarcity of provisions, [258];
• fears he has been abandoned, [260];
• informed of Fox expedition, [260];
• isolated, [260];
• refuses to evacuate, [264];
• offer on evacuation refused, [265];
• bombardment, [267];
• surrenders, [271].
• André, John, capture and execution, [144].
• Andros, Sir Edward, Governor of New England, [59].
• Anne, Fort, [126], [127].
• Anti-Slavery Society, formation, [181].
• Ariel at Lake Erie, [163], [170].
• Arizona, admission into the Union, [345].
• Arkansas, admission into the Union, [181];
• secession, [273].
• Arnold, Benedict, to the relief of Fort Schuyler, [129], [132];
• at Behmus’ Heights, [132];
• deprived of command, [135];
• wounded, [137];
• treason, [144].
• Arthur, C. A., succeeds to the Presidency, [344].
• Appleton, Major, in King Philip’s War, [52].
• Appomattox campaign, [329–342];
• map, [331];
• meeting between Grant and Lee, [336];
• Lee’s surrender, [337];
• Lincoln, [342].
• Appomattox Court-House, Lee’s surrender, [328].
• Ashburton treaty, on northeastern boundary, [181].
• Babcock, Colonel, at Appomattox, [336], [337].
• Babcock, Prof. Kendric Charles quoted, [172], [180].
• Badeau, Adam, at Appomattox, [337].
• Baltimore in Spanish War, [351].
• Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, discovers Pacific Ocean, [12].
• Banks, N. P., expedition against Port Hudson, [305].
• Barclay, Commodore, at Lake Erie, [160].
• Baum, Colonel, at Bennington, [130].
• Beauregard, P. G. T., pledge from Anderson, [256];
• reports readiness to attack Fort Sumter, [258];
• order to attack, [263];
• demands evacuation, [264];
• Anderson’s offer, [265];
• bombardment, [267];
• terms of surrender, [271].
• Behmus’ Heights, battle, [133];
• map, [136].
• Behring’s Strait, discovery, [61].
• Bennington, battle, [130].
• Bissell, Colonel, at Buena Vista, [201].
• Blue, Victor, at Santiago, [364].
• Black Hawk War, [181].
• Blanco, Ramon, and Cervera’s fleet, [369].
• Bocanegra, J. M. de, on United States and Texas, [183], [184].
• Bonaparte, Napoleon, recaptures Toulon, [154];
• Emperor of France, [155].
• Boone, Daniel, settlement of Kentucky, [119].
• Boston in Spanish War, [351].
• Boston, founded, [30];
• Liberty riots, [91];
• arrival of troops, [92];
• massacre, [92];
• tea-party, [93];
• port closed, [93];
• aid for, [94];
• military possession, [95];
• siege, [99];
• British forces in, [102].
• Bougainville, at Quebec, [71], [72].
• Bowers, T. S., at Appomattox, [337].
• Boxer taken by the Enterprise, [156].
• Bradford, Major, in King Philip’s War, [52].
• Breed’s Hill, height, [104];
• fortified, [105];
• redoubt on, [106];
• anxious moments, [108];
• battle, [112–116].
• Brener, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, [113].
• Breyman, Colonel, at Bennington, [130], [131].
• Bridge, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, [104], [108].
• British, at Bunker Hill, [102–118];
• evacuate Boston, [119];
• repulsed at Charleston, [119];
• at the battle of Long Island, [119];
• occupy New York, [119];
• enter Philadelphia, [119];
• at Behmus’ Heights, [133–137];
• burn Esopus, [142];
• evacuate New York, [143];
• occupy Philadelphia, [143];
• enter Savannah, [144];
• defeated at King’s Mountain, [144];
• evacuate Savannah and Charleston, [153];
• evacuate New York, [153];
• “Order in Council,” [155];
• at Frenchtown, [156];
• at Sackett’s Harbor, [156];
• fleet at Lake Erie, [163];
• surrender, [167];
• losses, [171].
• Bragg, Braxton, at Buena Vista, [202], [206].
• Brooke, J. R., in Porto Rico, [373].
• Brooke, John M., and the Virginia, [276].
• Brooklyn in Spanish War, [358], [369–372].
• Brooks, John, at Bunker Hill, [104];
• at Behmus’ Heights, [137].
• Brown, Colonel, at Ticonderoga, [135].
• Brown, John, execution, [231].
• Buchanan, James, elected President, [230];
• reinforcement of Charleston forts, [237], [238];
• instructions to Anderson, [246];
• Picken’s demand for Sumter, [248];
• policy of delay, [250].
• Buckminster, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, [113].
• Buell, D. C., instructions to Anderson, [246], [247].
• Buena Vista, battle, [198–207].
• Buford, John, cavalry in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [313].
• Bunker Hill, battle, [78], [102–118];
• topography, [103], [104];
• intrenchments, [106], [107];
• deserters, [107];
• losses, [117];
• forces engaged, [118];
• no victory, [118];
• monument, [118], [180].
• Burgoyne, John, arrival at Boston, [102];
• in Canada, [121], [123];
• takes Ticonderoga, [124];
• proclamation, [124], [127];
• route (map), [125];
• at Skenesborough, [127];
• Bennington, [130];
• Indian allies, [131], [132];
• St. Leder’s failure, [132];
• crosses the Hudson, [133];
• difficulties, [135];
• news from Clinton, [136];
• perplexity at Fort Edward, [138];
• surrender, [139], [142];
• Clinton’s advance, [142];
• effects, [143].
• Burnside, Ambrose E., Roanoke Island, [288];
• commands Army of the Potomac, [294].
• Burr, Aaron, arrest, [155].
• Butler, Benjamin F., New Orleans expedition, [291].
• Cabot, John, reaches North America, [12].
• Cadwalader, George, at Contreras, [212], [214].
• Caledonian at Lake Erie, [160], [161], [163], [170].
• California, coast explored, [9], [10];
• annexation, [10];
• discovery of gold, [10], [230];
• occupation (1847), [192].
• Callender, Captain, at Bunker Hill, [111];
• cowardice, [111].
• Campbell, Major, at the siege of Yorktown, [148].
• Canada restored to France, [31].
• Canonchet, death, [54].
• Carolina, purchased, [61].
• Cartier, Jacques, voyage to the St. Lawrence, [12].
• Cass, Lewis, resigns, [231].
• Cassin, Lieutenant-Commandant, at the battle of Lake Champlain, [176].
• Castilla in Spanish War, [355].
• Castro, José, faction in California, [190].
• Cervera, Pasquale, squadron, [359];
• at Santiago, [360];
• battle, [369–372].
• Champlain, Samuel, defeats Mohawks, [13];
• attacks Iroquois, [27], [28];
• founds Quebec, [63].
• Chapin, Cyrenus, at Lake Erie, [162].
• Chapultepec, storming of, [182].
• Charles I. executed, [42].
• Charleston Harbor forts, Scott advises reinforcement, [236];
• available force, [237];
• Buchanan’s passive attitude, [238];
• condition, [239];
• Moultrie repaired, [240];
• Gardner asks for reinforcements, [241];
• attempted removal of ammunition, [241];
• Porter’s report, [242];
• Anderson advises reinforcement and occupation of Pinckney and Sumter, [244];
• state enrollment of fort laborers, [245];
• Buell’s instructions to Anderson, [246];
• Pinckney occupied, [247];
• state demands Sumter, [248];
• demand withdrawn, [249];
• state patrol, [251];
• removal to Sumter, [252];
• consequent excitement, [254];
• Anderson refuses to return, [255];
• state occupies other forts, [255];
• Star of the West, [256];
• Anderson promised support, [257];
• food problem at Sumter, [258];
• map of, [259];
• demand for surrender of Sumter, [264];
• Fox’s expedition to relieve, [265];
• Scott ridiculed plan of relief, [265];
• bombardment of Sumter, [267];
• surrender, [271];
• effect of relief expedition, [272].
• Chauncey, Isaac, command, [159];
• at Lake Ontario, [160].
• Chesapeake captured by the Shannon, [156].
• Chestnut, James, at Fort Sumter, [264], [265], [271].
• Chicago fire, [343].
• Childs, Colonel, at Puebla, [210].
• Chippeway at Lake Erie, [163].
• Choiseul, French premier, [64].
• Chubb at Lake George, [175].
• Churubusco, battle, [215–220].
• Civil Rights Bill passed, [343], [344].
• Clark, Charles Edgar, in Spanish War, [360].
• Clark, George Rogers, conquest of Northwest, [7], [144].
• Clay Compromise adopted, [230].
• Clayton-Bulwer Treaty concluded, [230].
• Cleveland, Grover, annexation of Hawaii, [11];
• elected President, [344], [345];
• Venezuela boundary dispute, [345], [346];
• Cuban Filibusters, [346].
• Clinton, Fort, [139], [140].
• Clinton, James, at New York, [122];
• attacks Forts Clinton and Montgomery, [140].
• Clinton, Sir Henry, arrival at Boston, [102];
• at Bunker Hill, [114], [117];
• Putnam, [140];
• attacks Forts Clinton and Montgomery, [140];
• captures Charleston, [144].
• Colorado, admission into the Union, [344].
• Columbia River, mouth discovered, [8];
• Lewis and Clark expedition, [8].
• Columbus discovers Western World, [12].
• Committee of Correspondence in Boston, [92].
• Committee of Safety in Massachusetts, [103].
• Concord in Spanish War, [351].
• Confederate States, congress assembles, [273].
• Confiance at Lake George, [175], [176], [178], [179].
• Connecticut, settlement, [31];
• constitution adopted, [42];
• conscription, [120].
• Conner, David, before Vera Cruz, [194].
• Conscription riots, [327].
• Constellation captures L’Insurgente, [154].
• Constitution, Fort, [139], [140].
• Constitution captures the Guerrière, [155];
• Java, [156].
• Contreras, battle, [211–214].
• Continental Congress, adopts Declaration of Independence, [119].
• Continental Village, burned, [141].
• Cook, James, pathfinder, [68], [69].
• Cornwallis, Lord Charles, defeats Gates at Camden, [144];
• defeats Greene at Guilford Court-house, [144];
• at Yorktown, [147];
• situation, [148];
• surrender, [149].
• Correo, in Spanish War, [355].
• Cortez enters city of Mexico, [12].
• Cristobal Colon in Spanish War, [359], [370–372].
• Cuba, insurrection, [343], [348];
• desires annexation, [347];
• southern desire for, [347];
• Polk’s attempted purchase, [347];
• “Ostend Manifesto,” [347];
• Marcy’s attitude, [348];
• Virginius affair, [348];
• Grant and, [348];
• McKinley’s protest, [348];
• Spain’s reply, [349];
• blowing up of the Maine, [349];
• Proctor’s speech, [349];
• war with Spain declared, [350];
• blockade, [359];
• Santiago campaign, [362–368];
• naval battle off Santiago, [369–372];
• Spanish surrender, [372].
• Cubans proclaim independence, [345].
• Culp’s Hill, battle, [320–322].
• Cushing, Caleb, visit to Pickens, [250].
• Custer, G. A., in Gettysburg campaign, [311];
• at Appomattox, [330], [337].
• Custer massacre by Sioux, [344].
• Davis, Jefferson, elected President of the Confederate States, [231];
• capture, [328].
• Davis, Jefferson C., occupies Castle Pinckney, [247].
• Decatur, Stephen, destroys the Philadelphia, [155];
• imposes terms upon the Dey of Algiers, [180].
• Declaration of Independence adopted by Continental Congress, [119].
• Deerfield Massacre, [48], [49], [60].
• Delaware River occupied by Swedes, [4].
• De Ramezay at Quebec, [69].
• De Riedesel, Baroness, at Behmus’ Heights, [138], [142].
• De Soto, Fernando, reaches the Mississippi River, [12].
• Detroit at Lake Erie, [160], [163].
• Deuxponts, William, Count de, at the siege of Yorktown, [148].
• Devin, T. C, in Gettysburg campaign, [311];
• at Appomattox, [330].
• Dewey, George, preparations for Spanish War, [350];
• forces, [351];
• battle in Manila Bay, [352–354];
• German fleet, [355];
• capture of Manila, [356];
• Sampson-Schley controversy, [375], [376].
• Dickinson, John, on taxation, [90].
• Diederich, Admiral von, in Manila Bay, [355].
• Dix, Major, at Buena Vista, [204].
• Don Antonio de Ulloa in Spanish War, [354], [355].
• Don Juan de Austria in Spanish War, [355].
• Donelson, Fort, surrender, [273], [295].
• Doniphan, A. W., expedition against Mexico, [192].
• Doubleday, Abner, and removal to Sumter, [252];
• in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [313].
• Dred Scott decision, [230].
• Dundas, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commissioner at the surrender of Cornwallis, [149].
• Duquesne, Fort, captured, [63].
• Dutch, founded New Amsterdam, [4];
• relations with Indians, [25], [26];
• West India Company, [30].
• Eagan, C. P., court-martial, [374].
• Eagle at Lake George, [175], [176], [177], [179].
• East Florida, Spain cedes claim, [9].
• Edward, Fort, [126], [127], [128].
• El Caney, battle, [365].
• Elliott, Lieutenant, at Lake Erie, [160], [161], [166];
• prize-money, [171].
• Endicott, John, avenges Oldham, [35], [36].
• England, expansion in America, [4], [5];
• and France in America, [5];
• and Spain in America, [6];
• declares war against Spain, [77].
• Enterprise captures the Boxer, [156].
• Erie, Fort, [160].
• Ericsson, John, designs Monitor, [278].
• Essex surrenders to the Phoebe and Cherub, [156].
• Ewell, R. S., at Gettysburg, [307], [308].
• Farragut, David Glasgow, on the Essex at Valparaiso, [290];
• commands New Orleans expedition, [291];
• passing of the forts, [293];
• on to Vicksburg, [294];
• death, [343].
• Farnsworth, E. J., in Gettysburg campaign, [311].
• Faunce, John, Sumter relief expedition, [266].
• Febiger, Christian, at Bunker Hill, [115], [116].
• Fillmore, Millard, succeeds to Presidency, [230].
• Finch at Lake George, [175].
• Fisher, Fort, captured, [327].
• Fish, Major, at the siege of Yorktown, [148].
• Flag, American, adopted, [143].
• Fletcher, Captain, Sumter relief expedition, [266].
• Florida, admission into the Union, [181].
• Florida ceded to England, [5];
• secession, [231].
• Floyd, J. B., and transfer of ammunition, [241], [242];
• removes Gardner, [243];
• on removal to Sumter, [255].
• Forrest, Dulaney, at the battle of Lake Erie, [170], [171].
• Forrest, N. B., raids on federal communications, [296].
• Foster, J. G., reports progress on Sumter, [240];
• forty-muskets episode, [241];
• exposes “excitement” fake, [248].
• Fox, G. V., expedition to relieve Fort Sumter, [265], [266], [272].
• France, settlements in America, [4], [5];
• and England in America, [5];
• driven from Guinea coast, [64];
• progress of discoveries (map), [65];
• lack of sea power, [66];
• Quebec campaign, [68–76];
• independence of United States, [143];
• declares war against England, [144].
• Francis, Colonel, at Ticonderoga, [126].
• Franklin, Benjamin, Stamp Act, [89];
• on colonial jealousy, [97].
• Fraser, General, at Ticonderoga, [124];
• attacks St. Clair, [126];
• at Behmus’s Heights, [137], [138].
• Freedmen’s Bureau, organization, [328].
• French, begin settlement of Louisiana, [60];
• at Yorktown, [145–150];
• at Quebec, [68–70];
• declare war against Mexico, [273].
• Frolic captured by the Wasp, [155].
• Frontenac, Fort, captured, [63].
• Frye, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, [104].
• Gage, Thomas, governor of Massachusetts, [95];
• seizes munitions of war, [96];
• reinforced, [100];
• council of war, [106].
• Gamble, Peter, at the battle of Lake Champlain, [178].
• Gamble, William, in Gettysburg campaign, [311].
• Gardner, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, [108];
• mortally wounded, [115].
• Gardner, J. L., commands Charleston forts, [241];
• attempts to secure ammunition, [241];
• removed, [242].
• Garfield, J. A., elected President, [344];
• assassinated, [344].
• Garretson, G. A., in Porto Rico, [373].
• Garrison, William Lloyd, and the Liberator, [181].
• Gaspee commission, [92], [93].
• Gates, Horatio, supersedes Schuyler, [131];
• at Behmus’s Heights, [133];
• increase of army, [134];
• deprives Arnold of command, [134];
• terms proposed to Burgoyne, [139], [142];
• reputation, [143];
• defeated at Camden, [144].
• General Lezo in Spanish War, [355].
• George I., King of England, [60].
• George II., accession, [61].
• George III., accession, [77].
• Georgia, charter, [5];
• secession, [231].
• Germaine, Lord George, and loyalists, [120].
• Germany, result of Thirty Years’ War, [4].
• Gerrish, Colonel, at Bunker Hill, [112], [115].
• Gettysburg campaign, Lee’s northward march, [307];
• Federal movements, [309];
• Federal cavalry, [309];
• misuse of Confederate cavalry, [309], [310];
• Meade displaces Hooker, [310], [311];
• forces, [311];
• map, [312];
• battle first day, [313];
• topography of field, [316];
• second day, position of forces, [317];
• Longstreet and Lee, [317], [318], [322];
• Round Top and Valley, [319], [320];
• Culp’s Hill, [321];
• Federal council, [321];
• third day, [321];
• Pickett’s attack, [324];
• Lee confesses error, [325];
• question of counter-charge, [325];
• losses, [326];
• Lincoln’s disappointment, [326].
• Gibbon, John, in Gettysburg campaign, [316].
• Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, takes possession of Newfoundland, [13].
• Gillis, J. P., Sumter relief expedition, [266].
• Gimat, Colonel, at the siege of Yorktown, [148].
• Gloucester in Spanish War, [369].
• Gosnold, Bartholomew, attempts settlement on Massachusetts coast, [13].
• Grant, U. S., proposed annexation of Santo Domingo, [11];
• Fort Donelson, Lincoln’s faith in, [296];
• destruction of Holly Springs depot, [296];
• in command before Vicksburg, [298];
• opposing force, [299];
• naval auxiliary, [300];
• futile operations, [300–301];
• crosses river below Vicksburg, [302];
• Port Gibson, [302];
• abandons his base, [302];
• victories in rear of Vicksburg, [302];
• siege of Vicksburg, [304];
• receives surrender of Vicksburg, [304];
• commander-in-chief, [327];
• at Appomattox, [335–342];
• meeting with Lee, [336];
• appearance, [340], [341];
• elected President, [343];
• Cuba, [348].
• Grasse, François Joseph Paul, Count de, visited by Washington, [146];
• blockades mouth of York River, [147].
• Graves, Admiral, in command of British fleet at the Battle of Bunker Hill, [106].
• Greene, Christopher, at the battle of Guilford, [144].
• Greene, Lieutenant, account of fight with the Virginia, [284–287].
• Greene, Lieutenant-Colonel, at Fort Monroe, [251].
• Greene, Nathaniel, joins army, [99];
• at Jamaica Plains, [103].
• Gregg, D. M., cavalry in Gettysburg campaign, [311].
• Grenville, George, premier, [81];
• colonial policy, [82];
• Stamp Act, [84];
• fall, [88].
• Gridley, Charles Vernon, Manila Bay battle, [353].
• Gridley, Richard, at Bunker Hill, [103], [104], [105], [111], [116].
• Gridley, Samuel, at Bunker Hill, [104].
• Grierson, B. H., raid, [302].
• Guadalupe-Hidalgo, treaty of ratified, [196], [197].
• Guadeloupe captured, [66].
• Guerrière captured by the Constitution, [155].
• Halleck, H. W., commander-in-chief, [294];
• Grant, [298], [302];
• Hooker, [310].
• Hamilton, Alexander, at the siege of Yorktown, [148].
• Hancock, John, sloop Liberty seized, [91];
• riots, [92];
• outlawed, [102].
• Hancock, W. S., in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [314], [315], [325].
• Hardin, Colonel, at Buena Vista, [205].
• Harmar, Josiah, expedition, [154].
• Harrison, Benjamin, elected President, [345].
• Harrison, W. H., and Tecumseh, [155];
• elected President, [181].
• Harvard College, foundation, [31].
• Harvey, John, governor of Virginia, [34].
• Hawaii, annexation, [11];
• republic, [345];
• annexed to the United States, [346].
• Hawke, Sir Edward, sea-fight off Quiberon Bay, [64].
• Hayes, Rutherford B., awarded Presidency, [344].
• Henry, Fort, surrender, [273].
• Henry, Patrick, Stamp Act, [87].
• Herkimer, General, at the siege of Fort Schuyler, [129].
• Herrera, J. J. de, against annexation of Texas, [185].
• Higginson, Captain, Porto Rico campaign, [373].
• Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, quoted, [118].
• Highlands of the Hudson, defences, [139], [140].
• Hill, A. P., in northern invasion, [307], [308];
• at Beaver Dam Creek, [313];
• at Gettysburg, [317], [320].
• Hill, Fort, bastion blown up, [304].
• Hobson, R. P., sinking of Merrimac, [361].
• Holdup, Thomas, at Lake Erie, [167].
• Holly Springs, destruction of federal depot, [296].
• Honduras, English settlement, [4].
• Hooker, Joseph, commands Army of the Potomac, [294];
• after Chancellorsville, [306];
• Lee’s invasion, [308];
• pursuit of Lee, [309];
• use of cavalry, [309];
• relieved of command, [310], [311].
• Hornet captures the Peacock, [156].
• House of Commons, membership, [85], [86].
• Howard, O. O., in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [314], [317].
• Howell, J. A., in Spanish War, [358].
• Howe, Sir William, arrival at Boston, [102];
• in command at Bunker Hill, [106];
• at Moulton’s Point, [107];
• moves on Breed’s Hill, [111], [113], [115], [116];
• repulsed, [112], [113];
• bravery, [113];
• wounded, [115];
• Philadelphia campaign, [122].
• Hubberton, battle at, [126], [130].
• Hudson Bay Company, incorporated, [43].
• Hudson, Henry, ascends the Hudson River, [30].
• Hunter at Lake Erie, [163].
• Illinois, admitted to the Union, [180].
• Independence, Fort, [140], [141].
• India, British possession, [66].
• Indiana, admitted into the Union, [180].
• Indiana in Spanish War, [358], [369–372].
• Indians, American, treatment of, [14], [15], [17], [18];
• distribution of (map), [16];
• land purchases from, [15], [17];
• early warfare with, [17], [21];
• price on heads, [20];
• massacre in Virginia, [21], [22], [24], [30];
• period of peace, [21], [22];
• King Philip’s War, [22], [23];
• treatment of prisoners, [23];
• relations with the Dutch, [25];
• with the English, [26];
• with the French, [27], [28], [29];
• praying, [45], [49], [50].
• Infanta Maria Teresa in Spanish War, [359].
• Inflation Bill vetoed, [344].
• Ingalls, Rufus, at Appomattox, [336].
• Iowa, admission into the Union, [181].
• Iowa in Spanish War, [358], [369–372].
• Iroquois (Five Nations), tribes, [25];
• friendship for Dutch, [25];
• origin of hostilities to French, [27];
• French expedition against, [28];
• raids in Canada, [29];
• weakened, [30].
• Isla de Cuba in Spanish War, [354], [355].
• Isla de Luzon in Spanish War, [355].
• Isla de Mandanao in Spanish War, [355].
• Jackson, Andrew, and Creek Indians, [156];
• seizes Pensacola, [179];
• captures Spanish fort, St. Mark’s, [180];
• elected President, [180], [181].
• Jackson, Fort, Farragut passes, [293];
• surrenders, [294].
• Jackson, Major, at Bunker Hill, [116].
• James I. grants patent to London and Plymouth companies, [13].
• James II., King of England, [59].
• Jamestown, settlement, [4], [13].
• Jefferson, Thomas, and Louisiana purchase, [8];
• Lewis and Clark Expedition, [8];
• interest in western exploration, [9];
• elected President, [154], [155].
• Jeffries, Doctor, at Bunker Hill, [113].
• Johnson, Andrew, succeeds to the Presidency, [328].
• Johnson, Colonel, at Ticonderoga, [135].
• Johnson, President, impeachment, [343].
• Johnson, Sir William, captures Fort Niagara, [73], [74].
• Johnston, western command, [299];
• Vicksburg campaign, [302], [304].
• Johnstown flood, [345].
• Jones, D. R., and surrender of Sumter, [271].
• Kansas, civil war, [230];
• admission into the Union, [231].
• Kearny, S. W., occupies New Mexico, [192].
• Kearsarge and the Alabama, [327];
• lost, [345].
• Kentucky, admission into the Union, [154].
• Kilpatrick, H. J., cavalry in Gettysburg campaign, [311].
• King George’s War, beginning, [61], [63].
• King Philip (Pometacom), chief of the Wampanoags, [45];
• attack on Swanzey, [46];
• at Pocasset, [47];
• returned to Mount Hope, [55];
• death, [56].
• King Philip’s War, [22], [23], [44–58].
• King William’s War, [59], [60], [63].
• Kossuth, Louis, arrival in United States, [230].
• Knowlton, Thomas, at Bunker Hill, [104], [109], [116];
• killed at Battle of Harlem Heights, [104].
• Knox, Henry, at Bunker Hill, [115];
• at Yorktown, [147], [148].
• Lady Prevost at Lake Erie, [163].
• La Fayette, Marquis de, at Yorktown, [145].
• Lake Champlain, battle, [173–179];
• losses, [179].
• Lake Erie, battle, [158–172];
• Perry victorious, [169];
• losses, [170];
• prize money, [171].
• Lamon, W. H., visit to Charleston, 256n;
• unauthorized statements, [256].
• Lane, Henry S., at Buena Vista, [200].
• Langdon, Samuel, President of Harvard College, at Cambridge, [104].
• Las Guasimas, battle, [365].
• La Salle, explorations, [59], [63].
• Lathrop, Captain, in King Philip’s War, [48], [49].
• Laub, Henry, at the battle of Lake Erie, [170].
• Laurens, John, at the siege of Yorktown, [148];
• Commissioner at the surrender of Cornwallis, [149].
• Lauzun, Duke de, at the siege of Yorktown, [147].
• Lawrence, at Lake Erie, [163], [164], [168], [169], [170].
• Lawton, H. W., in Spanish War, [364], [365].
• Learned, General, at Behmus’ Heights, [134].
• Lee, Captain, and surrender of Sumter, [271].
• Lee, R. E., occupies Winchester, [294];
• enters Pennsylvania, [294];
• considered unconquerable, [306];
• army at its best, [307];
• northern invasion, [307];
• misuse of cavalry, [309];
• force in Gettysburg campaign, [312];
• battle, first day, [313];
• second day, position, [317];
• rejects Longstreet’s advice, [317], [318];
• third day, [321];
• Pickett’s charge, [324];
• confesses error, [325];
• retreat, [326];
• at Appomattox, surrender, [328], [335–341];
• death, [343].
• Lewis and Clark expedition, [8], [155].
• Lincoln, Abraham, elected President, [231];
• Sumter, [272];
• call for militia, [273];
• protection of Washington, [275];
• Virginia, [279];
• faith in Grant, [296];
• Lee’s invasion, [308];
• Hooker, [308], [310];
• failure to crush Lee, [326], [327];
• Lee’s surrender, [342];
• re-elected President, [327];
• assassinated, [328].
• Lincoln, Benjamin, and Stark, [130];
• at Behmus’ Heights, [135];
• wounded, [138];
• surrenders Charleston to Clinton, [144];
• at Yorktown, [147].
• Lincoln, Captain, at Buena Vista, [202].
• Lincoln, Robert T., at Appomattox, [337].
• Linnet at Lake George, [175], [176].
• L’Insurgente captured by the Constellation, [154].
• Little Belt at Lake Erie, [163].
• Locomotive, first, [181].
• Lombardini, Manuel, at Buena Vista, [201].
• Long Island, battle, [119].
• Longstreet, James, rejoins Lee, [307];
• disapproves of northern invasion, [307];
• dispute with Lee, [317], [318], [322];
• at Gettysburg, [318], [320];
• expected counter-stroke, [325].
• Louis XIV. attempted consolidation of Spain and France, [5], [8].
• Louis XVI. execution, [154].
• Louisiana, purchase, [8], [155];
• settlement, [60];
• retrocession of, to France, [154];
• admission into the Union, [155];
• secession, [231].
• Loyalists, views, [97];
• persecuted, [98];
• at Boston, [106];
• in British army, [120];
• in Tryon County, [129].
• McClellan, G. B., commander-in-chief, Federal armies, [273];
• force, [274];
• his superiors, [275].
• McClernand, John A. B., in command before Vicksburg, [298];
• placed under Grant, [298];
• in Vicksburg campaign, [302].
• McCulloch in Spanish War, [354].
• Macdonough, Thomas, Jr., at Lake Champlain, [173];
• account of battle, [176–178];
• testimonials, [179].
• Macedonian captured by the United States, [155].
• McKee, Colonel, at Buena Vista, [205].
• McKinley Tariff Bill, passed, [345].
• McKinley, William, elected President, [345];
• Spain, [346];
• Cuba, [348];
• declares war, [350].
• McLaws, Lafayette, in Gettysburg campaign, [318].
• McPherson, James B., Vicksburg campaign, [299].
• McRea, Jenny, murdered, [131], [132].
• Madison, James, elected President, [155], [156].
• Maine admitted into the Union, [180].
• Maine blown up, [346], [349].
• Manhattan Island purchased, [15], [30].
• Manila, naval battle, [351–355];
• Dewey’s command, [351];
• Montojo’s, [351];
• first shot, [352];
• map, [353];
• Spanish surrender, [354];
• capture of city, [356], [373].
• Manning, J. L., and surrender of Sumter, [271].
• Marcy, W. L., plan of operations against Mexico, [189].
• Marie Antoinette, execution, [154].
• Marquette, Jacques, on Mississippi, [43], [63].
• Marquis de Duero in Spanish War, [355].
• Maryland, settlement, [31].
• Mason, John, in Pequot War, [38], [39], [40], [42].
• Mason, J. M., confederate commissioner, captured, [273].
• Massachusetts in Spanish War, [358], [369].
• Massachusetts, war with Pequots, [32–42];
• King Philip’s War, [45–58];
• charter annulled, [93];
• military government, [95];
• conscription, [120].
• Maximilian, Archduke, assumes crown of Mexico, [327];
• captured and shot, [343].
• Meade, George Gordon, commands Army of Potomac, [294], [311];
• character and appearance, [311];
• forces under, [311];
• reliance in Reynolds, [312];
• at Gettysburg, first day, [313];
• second day, position of forces, [316], [317];
• midnight council, [321];
• third day, Culp’s Hill, [322];
• Pickett’s attack, [324];
• question of counter-charge, [325];
• Lee’s retreat, [326];
• losses, [326];
• Lincoln’s disappointment, [326].
• Meade, R. K., and removal to Sumter, [252].
• Mercer, Samuel, on Sumter relief expedition, [267].
• Merrimac, construction, [276];
• attack on Federal vessels, [277];
• fight with Monitor, [278].
• Merrimac, sinking of, [360], [361].
• Merritt, Wesley, in Gettysburg campaign, [311];
• at Appomattox, [337];
• at Manila, [373].
• Mexican War, causes, [183];
• popular movement, [185], [186];
• Taylor in Texas, [186];
• advances to Rio Grande, [187];
• first skirmish, [188];
• Polk’s war message, [188];
• war legislation, [188];
• Polk’s sincerity, [189];
• Slidell’s mission, [189];
• purchase of California, [189];
• map (1846–1848), [191];
• occupation of New Mexico and California, [192];
• Wool’s expedition, [192];
• Doniphan’s expedition, [192];
• friction, [192];
• Taylor’s campaign, [193];
• plan against city of Mexico, [194];
• Vera Cruz, [194];
• advance on City of Mexico, [195];
• first mission, [195];
• bribe to Santa Anna, [195];
• armistice, [195];
• futile negotiations, [196];
• recall of Trist, [196];
• City of Mexico occupied, [196];
• treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, [196];
• ratified, [197];
• Buena Vista, [198–207];
• Vera Cruz, [208], [209];
• Cerro Gordo, [209–211];
• Contreras, [211–214];
• Churubusco, [215–220];
• Molino Del Rey, [220–225];
• Chapultepec, [225–229];
• City of Mexico occupied, [229].
• Mexico, City of, occupied, [182], [229];
• campaign against, [190], [193];
• captured, [196].
• Miami Indians, defeat St. Clair, [154];
• defeated by General Anthony Wayne, [154].
• Michigan, admission into the Union, [181].
• Miles, N. A., in Spanish War, [363], [372];
• Porto Rico campaign, [373];
• charges of maladministration of army, [374].
• Miles, N. P., and surrender of Sumter, [271].
• Minnesota, admission into the Union, [230].
• Minuit, Governor, purchased the island of Manhattan, [15].
• Mississippi, admitted into the Union, [180];
• secession, [231].
• Missouri Compromise, [180];
• repealed, [230].
• Molasses Act, in effect, [82];
• aim, [83].
• Molino Del Rey, battle, [220–225].
• Monitor fight with the Virginia, [278], [281–287].
• Monmouth, battle, [144].
• “Monroe Doctrine” announced, [180].
• Monroe, James, elected President, [180].
• Montana, admission into the Union, [345].
• Montcalm, Marquis de, capture of Fort William Henry, [63];
• stand at Quebec, [69];
• forces, [69], [70];
• policy of defence, [72], [73];
• meets Wolfe, [76];
• defeat and death, [76].
• Monterey, capture, [193], [198].
• Montgomery, Fort, [139], [140].
• Montojo, Admiral, Manila Bay battle, [351], [354].
• Montreal, captured, [77].
• Moore, Major, killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, [113].
• Morgan, Daniel, at Behmus’ Heights, [133], [137].
• Morgan, M. R., at Appomattox, [336].
• Moseley, Captain, in King Philip’s War, [49].
• Moultrie, Fort, condition, [240];
• guns spiked, [254];
• occupied by state forces, [255].
• Napoleon I. sells Louisiana, [8].
• Narraganset Indians, and Pequot war, [32–35];
• King Philip’s War, [45], [51–54], [57].
• Nebraska, admission into the Union, [343].
• Nevada, admission into the Union, [327].
• New Amsterdam founded, [4].
• Newhall, Colonel, at Appomattox, [335], [342].
• New Hampshire, settlement, [30];
• conscription, [120].
• New Haven purchased, [17].
• New Jersey established, [43].
• New Orleans, settlement, [60];
• Farragut’s expedition against, [290–294].
• New York in Spanish War, [358].
• Niagara, Fort, captured, [73], [74].
• Niagara at Lake Erie, [163], [170].
• Nixon, John, at the battle of Bunker Hill, [113].
• Noailles, Viscount de, at the siege of Yorktown, [149].
• North Carolina, secession, [273].
• North Dakota, admission into the Union, [345].
• Norton, Doctor, discovery of anæsthetics, [182].
• O’Brien, Lieutenant, at Buena Vista, [200].
• Ohio, admission into the Union, [155].
• Oklahoma opened, [345].
• Oldham, John, killed, [34], [36].
• Olympia in Spanish War, [351].
• Oquendo in Spanish War, [359], [370–371].
• Ord, E. O. C, at Appomattox, [337].
• Oregon, admission into the Union, [231].
• Oregon, in Spanish War, [358];
• voyage around the Horn, [360];
• in battle off Santiago, [369–370].
• Oregon, Spain cedes claim, [9];
• joint occupation, [9];
• annexation, [10].
• Ostend manifesto, draw up, [347].
• Otis, James, and “writs of assistance,” [83].
• Palo Alto, battle of, [193].
• Panama Canal, construction, [344].
• Parker, Ely, at Appomattox, [337].
• Parsons, Usher, at the battle of Lake Erie, [168].
• Paterson, General, at Prospect Hill (1775), [103];
• at Bunker Hill, [108].
• Peacock captured by the Hornet, [156].
• Pemberton, J. C., Vicksburg campaign, [299];
• besieged, [304];
• surrenders, [304].
• Penn, William, purchases East Jersey, [59].
• Pequots, war with Massachusetts colony, [32];
• killing of Stone, [33], [34], [36];
• murder of Oldham, [34], [36];
• Narraganset alliance, [35], [36];
• settlements attacked, [37];
• capture of forts, [39], [41];
• exterminated, [41].
• Perry, Oliver Hazard, battle of Lake Erie, [156];
• boyhood, [158];
• at Lake Erie, [160];
• command, [163];
• shifts flag, [164];
• victory, [167];
• message, [169];
• losses, [170];
• treatment of prisoners, [171];
• promotion, [171];
• prize money, [171].
• Petersburg, siege of, [327].
• Petrel in Spanish War, [351].
• Pettigrew, J. J., and Anderson, [254];
• Pickett’s charge, [324].
• Philadelphia, meeting of colonial delegates (1774), [94].
• Philippine Islands, United States’ possession, [11].
• Pickens, F. W., request for Sumter, [248];
• removal to Sumter, [254].
• Pickett, G. E., charge at Gettysburg, [318], [323], [324].
• Pico, Pio, faction in California, [190].
• Pierce, Franklin, elected President, [230].
• Pigot, Sir Robert, at Bunker Hill, [106].
• Pillow, Fort, storming, [327].
• Pillow, Gideon J., at Vera Cruz, [208];
• at Contreras, [211];
• at Churubusco, [215].
• Pinckney, Castle, condition, [239];
• occupied by Anderson, [247];
• occupied by state forces, [255].
• Pitcairn, Major, shot at Breed’s Hill, [116].
• Pitt, Fort, built, [74].
• Pitt, William, in British cabinet, [63];
• naval activity, [64], [66];
• demands enforcement of restrictive laws in the colonies, [83].
• Pizarro, conquest of Peru, [12].
• Plains of Abraham, battle, [75].
• Plassey, battle of, [64].
• Pleasonton, Alfred, in Gettysburg campaign, [309].
• Pocanokets. See [Wampanoags].
• Polk, James K., elected President, [181];
• war message, [188];
• Texas boundary, [188];
• Slidell’s mission, [189];
• aggressiveness, [189];
• policy of conquering a peace, [189];
• plan of operations, [189], [190], [194];
• friction, [192];
• Trist, [196];
• accepts treaty, [197];
• Cuba, [347].
• Ponce de Leon, Juan, voyage to Florida, [12].
• Pomeroy, Seth, at Bunker Hill, [108], [117].
• Pometacom. See [King Philip].
• Poor, Enoch, at Behmus’ Heights, [136].
• Porter, David D., at the battle of New Orleans, [292];
• Vicksburg campaign, [300], 304n
• Porter, Fitz-John, report on Charleston harbor forts, [242].
• Porter, Horace, at Appomattox, [336], [337].
• Port Gibson, battle, [302].
• Port Hudson, Banks’ expedition against, [305].
• Port Royal, in Acadia, foundation, [63].
• Port Royal, Nova Scotia, captured, [63].
• Preble at Lake George, [176], [179].
• Prescott, Lieutenant, nephew of Colonel Prescott, killed at battle of Bunker Hill, [115].
• Prescott, William, at Bunker Hill, [103];
• fortifies Breed’s Hill, [105];
• bravery, [107];
• reinforced, [107];
• offers command to Warren, [109];
• repulses Howe, [112], [113];
• retreat, [116].
• President, fight with Little Belt, [155].
• Prevost, Sir George, at Lake Champlain, [175], [178].
• Prideaux, Brigadier, expedition to Niagara, [72], [73].
• Proctor, Redfield, speech on Cuba, [349].
• Pryor, R. A., and surrender of Sumter, [271].
• Putnam, Israel, joins army, [99];
• at Cambridge, [103];
• at Bunker Hill, [104], [107], [108], [112], [115], [117];
• at the Highlands, [121];
• at Peekskill, [140].
• Quebec, settled, [4], [13], [63];
• act, [6];
• taken by English, [30];
• Wolfe’s expedition against, [66];
• Montcalm at, [69];
• stronghold, [70];
• river protection, [70], [71];
• defensive force, [71];
• progress of siege, [72];
• plains of Abraham, [75];
• losses, [76];
• surrender, [76].
• Queen Anne, accession, [60].
• Queen Anne’s War, [60], [63].
• Queen Charlotte at Lake Erie, [163].
• Quitman, John A., at Vera Cruz, [208].
• Raleigh in Spanish War, [351].
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, expedition to North Carolina, [13].
• Rawlins, General, at Appomattox, [336], [337].
• Reconstruction Act, passage, [343].
• Reed, James, at Bunker Hill, [107], [116].
• Reina Cristina in Spanish War, [354], [355].
• Resaca de la Palma, battle, [193].
• Revolution, American, primary causes, [79];
• Samuel Adams as factor, [95];
• outbreak, [99];
• military preparations, [100].
• Reynolds, John E., in Gettysburg campaign, [312];
• death, [313].
• Rey, Vara el, at El Caney, 366n.
• Rhett, R. B., Jr., and Anderson’s removal to Sumter, [252].
• Rhode Island, purchased, [17];
• settlement, [31];
• battle of, [144].
• Riedesel, General, at Ticonderoga, [124], [126].
• Roanoke Island, English settlement, [13];
• captured, [288].
• Rochambeau, Count de, at Williamsburg (1781), [146].
• Roosevelt, Theodore, and the navy, [357];
• Rough Riders, [362];
• Sampson-Schley controversy, [376].
• Ross, Major, commissioner at the surrender of Cornwallis, [149].
• Rowan, S. C., and Sumter relief expedition, [266].
• Ruffin, Edmund, opens fire on Sumter, [267].
• St. Augustine, founded, [13].
• St. Clair, Arthur, at Ticonderoga, [123];
• defeat, [124];
• pursued by British, [126];
• defeat by Miami Indians, [154].
• St. Leger, Colonel, siege of Fort Schuyler, [129];
• retreat, [132].
• St. Marks captured, [180].
• St. Paul in Spanish War, [360].
• St. Simon, Marquis de, at the siege of Yorktown, [147].
• Salem, settlement, [30].
• Sampson, W. T., command, [358];
• search for Cervera’s squadron, [359];
• blockade of coast of Cuba, [359];
• battle off Santiago, [369–371];
• Schley controversy, [375].
• San Juan d’Ulloa, Fort, [208].
• San Juan Hill, battle, [365].
• Santa Anna, at Buena Vista, [194], [198–207];
• bribe, [195];
• abdicates, [196];
• at Cerro Gordo, [209];
• at Contreras, [211–214];
• at Churubusco, [215–220];
• at Molino Del Rey, [220–225];
• Chapultepec, [225–229].
• Santiago de Cuba, Cervera’s squadron at, [360];
• blockade, [361];
• sinking of Merrimac, [361];
• preparations of army against, [362];
• voyage and landing of army, [363–364];
• Las Guasimas, [365];
• El Caney, [365];
• San Juan Hill, [366–368];
• map, [367];
• naval battle, [369–372];
• surrender, [372];
• condition of army [373];
• return of troops, [373].
• Santo Domingo, proposed annexation with United States, [11].
• Saratoga battle (1777), [120–143].
• Saratoga at Lake George, [175], [176], [178], [179].
• Saunders, Admiral, at siege of Quebec, [66], [67], [68], [69], [71], [74].
• Savannah, founded, [61].
• Saybrook, Fort, beleaguered, [37], [38], [40].
• Schley, W. S., flying squadron, [358];
• search for Cervera’s squadron, [359–361];
• battle off Santiago, [370];
• Sampson controversy, [375].
• Schuyler, Fort, relief, [129].
• Schuyler, Philip, command, [120];
• at Fort Edward, [126];
• prejudices against, [127];
• proclamation, [128];
• superseded by Gates, [131];
• at Stillwater, [128];
• and Arnold, [129];
• exonerated, [143].
• Schwan, Theodore, in Porto Rico, [373].
• Scott, Winfield, plan of operations against Mexico, [189];
• commands Mexican expedition, [194];
• bribe to Santa Anna, [195];
• proposed armistice, [195], [196];
• captures Vera Cruz, [195], [208], [209];
• Cerro Gordo, [209];
• Contreras, [211–214];
• Churubusco, [215–220];
• Molino del Rey, [220–225];
• Chapultepec, [225–229];
• occupies the City of Mexico, [229];
• advises reinforcement of Charleston Harbor forts, [236];
• inaccurate statement of forces [237];
• Fox’s plan of relief, [265];
• succeeded by McClellan, [273].
• Sedgwick, John, in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [316].
• Sedition Act, passage, [154].
• Seminole War, beginning, [180];
• termination, [181].
• Seven Years’ War, beginning, [63].
• Seward, W. H., purchase of Alaska, [11];
• Danish West India Islands, [11].
• Shafter, W. R., Santiago campaign, [363], [364], [365], [369], [372].
• Shannon captures the Chesapeake, [156].
• Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts, [153];
• suppression, [154].
• Sheridan, P. H., at Appomattox, [330], [332], [334], [335], [336], [342].
• Sherman, William T., at Buena Vista, [202], [204], [206];
• and McClernand, [298];
• in Vicksburg campaign, [299], [302];
• march on Atlanta, [327];
• occupies Charleston, [327].
• Shields, James, at Vera Cruz, [208];
• at Contreras, [212];
• at Churubusco, [217].
• Sickles, D. E., in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [317].
• Sigsbee, C. D., in Spanish War, [360].
• Simmons, Colonel, at Bennington, [131].
• Six Nations (Indians), in council, [124], [132].
• Skene, Philip K., Council at Castleton, [127].
• Slavery, introduced into Virginia, [30];
• enlistment, [121];
• importation prohibited, [155].
• Slidell, John, mission to Mexico, [189];
• captured, [273].
• Slocum, H. W., in Gettysburg campaign, [311], [317].
• Small, Major, at Bunker Hill, [113].
• Smith, C. H., at Appomattox, [332].
• Smith, General, at Contreras, [213], [214].
• Smith, Persifer, at Contreras, [212].
• Smith, John, on American Indians, [17].
• Smith, Kirby, at Molino del Rey, [221];
• at Vicksburg, [299], [304].
• South Carolina, secession, [231].
• South Dakota, admission into the Union, [345].
• Spain, territorial growth in America, [2], [3], [4];
• loss of territory, [5];
• and England in America, [6];
• colonial revolution, [9];
• cedes claim to Oregon, [9];
• in Cuba, [345].
• Spanish War, causes, [347–349];
• war declared, [350];
• Dewey at Manila, [351–356];
• naval preparation, [357];
• comparative naval forces, [358], [359];
• blockade of Cuba, [359];
• Santiago campaign, [360–369];
• maps, [367], [371];
• naval battle, [369–372];
• surrender, [372];
• Porto Rico campaign, [373];
• capture of Manila, [373], [374];
• army investigation, [374];
• Sampson-Schley controversy, [375], [376].
• Specie Payment, resumption, [344].
• Speedlove, Major, killed at Bunker Hill, [115].
• Spottsylvania Court-house, battle, [327].
• Stamp Act, proposed, [84];
• first reception of proposal, [85];
• resistance, [88];
• repeal urged, [89];
• repealed, [89].
• Stanwix, Fort, siege, [129].
• Stanwix, John, sent to succor Pittsburg, [73];
• built Fort Pitt, [74].
• Stark, John, joins army, [99];
• at Medford, [103];
• at Bunker Hill, [107], [116];
• insubordination, [130];
• at Bennington, [130], [131];
• censured by Congress, [134];
• promoted, [135].
• Star of the West expedition, [256].
• Stillwater, battle of, [119].
• Stockton, R. F., in California, [192].
• Stuart, J. E. B., and Lee’s northward march, [309];
• raid during Gettysburg campaign, [309], [310];
• Gettysburg, [323].
• Stuyvesant, Peter, and Swedish settlers, [42].
• Sumter, Fort, condition, [240], [244];
• state demands, [248];
• Anderson removes to, [251–253];
• flag-raising, [254];
• Star of the West expedition, [256];
• armament, [262];
• bombardment, [267];
• surrenders, [271].
• “Swamp Fight,” King Philip’s War, [52], [56].
• Swedes occupy the Delaware River, [4].
• Sykes, George, in Gettysburg campaign, [311].
• Tarenteens (Eastern Indians), and King Philip’s War, [50].
• Tarleton, Banastre, at the siege of Yorktown, [147].
• Taylor, Dick, at Vicksburg, [304].
• Taylor, H. C., in Spanish War, [363].
• Taylor, Zachary, at Buena Vista, [182];
• in Texas, [186];
• advances to Rio Grande, [187];
• first skirmish, [188];
• captures Monterey, [193];
• plans against City of Mexico, [194];
• at Buena Vista, [194], [198–207];
• elected President, [229];
• death, [230].
• Telephone, invention, [344].
• Tennessee, admission into the Union, [154];
• secession, [273].
• Territory, European claims in America, [2], [4], [5], [6];
• map of growth, [3];
• of the United States, [7–12].
• Texas in Spanish War, [358], [370], [371].
• Texas, rival claims, [9];
• annexation, [10];
• republic proclaimed, [181];
• revolution, [181];
• admission into the Union, [181];
• annexation, [183];
• cause of Mexican War, [184];
• secession, [231].
• Thirty Years’ War, result, [4].
• Thomas, John, at Bunker Hill, [102], [111].
• Thompson, Waddy, and annexation of Texas, [183], [184].
• Thomson, Charles, and Washington’s letter on the capitulation of Cornwallis, [150].
• Ticonderoga, battle of, [124].
• Ticonderoga, Fort, defence, [123].
• Ticonderoga at Lake George, [175], [176], [179].
• Tilghman, Lieutenant-Colonel, bearer of despatches to Congress on surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, [149].
• Toral, José, surrenders Santiago, [372].
• Tories. See [Loyalists].
• Townshend, Charles, revenue scheme, [90], [93];
• tax measures repealed, [91].
• Treat, Major, and King Philip’s War, [49], [52].
• Treaty of Ghent, [179].
• Treaty of Paris, [77].
• Treaty of Utrecht, [60], [63].
• Treaty of Washington, [343].
• Trescot, W. H., on Floyd and reinforcement of forts, [241], [242];
• demand for Sumter, [249];
• removal to Sumter, [255].
• Trist, N. P., mission, [195];
• Scott, [195];
• first negotiations, [196];
• recalled, but negotiates a treaty, [196], [197].
• Tryon, William, burns Continental Village, [141].
• Twiggs, David Emanuel, at Cerro Gordo, [209];
• at Churubusco, [215].
• Tyler, John, succeeds to the Presidency, [181].
• United States, territorial power, [7–9];
• buys Louisiana, [8];
• occupies West Florida, [8];
• territorial rivalry with Great Britain, [9];
• acquires Spanish possession, [11];
• independence recognized, [143], [153];
• dispute with Spain (1785), [153];
• declares war with Great Britain, [155];
• with Tripoli, [155];
• supremacy on Lake Erie, [172];
• treaty with Spain, [180];
• war with Mexico, [181];
• treaty with Great Britain, [182];
• war with Spain (1898), [350].
• United States captures the Macedonian, [155].
• Upham, A. P., and Mexico, [184], [185].
• Utah, admission into the Union, [345].
• Van Buren, Martin, elected President, [181].
• Van Dorn, Earl, destruction of Holly Springs depot, [296].
• Vane, Sir Henry, Governor of Massachusetts, [32].
• Velasco in Spanish War, [355].
• Venezuela boundary dispute, [345], [346].
• Vera Cruz captured, [195].
• Versailles, Peace of, [153].
• Vicksburg, and destruction of Holly Springs depot, [296];
• Sherman’s failure, [297];
• McClernand’s command, [297];
• Grant’s command, [298];
• topography, [298], [299];
• Confederate force, [299];
• Federal force, [299];
• tentative operations, [300];
• running the batteries, [301];
• Grant crosses river below, [302];
• Federal victories in rear, [302];
• siege, [303], [304];
• surrender, [304];
• losses, [304];
• bombardment, 304n.
• Villamil, Ignacio de Mora y, at Buena Vista, [202].
• Ville de Paris, De Grasse’s flag-ship, [146].
• Virginia admitted (by proclamation) into the Union, [294].
• Virginia affair, [348].
• Virginia. See [Merrimac].
• Virginia, slavery introduced, [30];
• crown colony, [30];
• secession, [273].
• Virginius captured, [343].
• Vixen in Spanish War, [369].
• Vizcaya in Spanish War, [359], [371], [372].
• Wadsworth, Captain, ambushed, [54].
• Walker, Captain, at the battle of Bunker Hill, [111].
• Wampanoags (Pocanokets) and King Philip’s War, [44–58].
• Ward, Artemas, in command, [99];
• at Bunker Hill, [103], [107], [108], [115].
• Warner, Colonel, at Ticonderoga, [126], [128].
• Warren, Gouverneur K., at Gettysburg, [319], [321].
• Warren, James, joins army, [99];
• President of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, [108];
• a volunteer at the battle of Bunker Hill, [109];
• killed, [116].
• Washington, admission into the Union, [345].
• Washington, George, siege of Boston, [119];
• at Trenton, [119];
• at Princeton, [119], [121];
• at battle of the Brandywine, [119];
• at Germantown, [119];
• at Morristown, [121];
• Philadelphia campaign, [121], [122];
• confers with Congress, [123];
• confidence in Schuyler, [127];
• loss of Philadelphia, [143];
• at Williamsburg, [145];
• at Yorktown, [147–149];
• elected President, [154];
• death, [154].
• Washington, D. C., seat of government, [154].
• Wasp captures the Frolic, [155].
• Wayne, Anthony, defeats Miami Indians, [154].
• Weedon, George, at the siege of Yorktown, [147].
• Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy, [291].
• West, Captain, bought the site of Richmond, Va., [15].
• West Indies, France, Spain, and England, in, [5].
• Weyler y Nicolau, Valeriano, in Cuba, [348].
• Wheeler, Joseph, in Spanish War, [364].
• Whiskey Insurrection in Philadelphia, [154].
• Wigfall, L. T., at the surrender of Sumter, [270], [271].
• Wilcox, C. M., and Pickett’s charge, [324].
• Wilderness, battle of the, [327].
• Wilkinson, James, commissioner [143].
• Willett, Marinus, at the siege of Fort Schuyler, [129].
• William Henry, Fort, captured, [63].
• William III., death, [60].
• Williams, Major, killed at Bunker Hill, [115].
• Williams, Gen. Seth, at Appomattox, [336], [337].
• Williams, Roger, purchase of Rhode Island, obtains patent from Parliament, [42].
• Winslow, Josiah, Governor of Plymouth, [52].
• Wisconsin, admitted into the Union, [229].
• Wolfe, James, expedition against Quebec, [66];
• career and character, [66], [67];
• forces, [67], [68];
• advance, [68], [69];
• progress of siege, [72];
• illness, [74];
• on Plains of Abraham, [75];
• death, [76].
• Wood, Leonard, and Rough Riders, [362].
• Wool, J. E., expedition against Mexico, [192];
• at Buena Vista, [200].
• Worden, J. L., Monitor-Virginia fight, [278];
• story of the fight, [281–284].
• “Writs of assistance,” right of search, [83];
• legalized, [90].
• Wyoming, admission into the Union, [345].
• Wyoming Valley massacre, [144].
• Yarnell, Lieutenant, courage of, at the battle of Lake Erie, [169], [170].
• Yorktown, siege of, [145–150];
• British forces, [146];
• allied forces, [147];
• Cornwallis’s surrender, [149];
• results, [150–153].

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Transcriber’s Notes

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