Adams, Fort, Newport, R. I., 222-231
Alamo, Texas, 279-284
Allen, Ethan, 63, 70
Amsterdam, Fort, 37
André, Major, 156
Andros, Edmund, Royal Governor of Mass., 29, 107
Annapolis Royal, 2, 84-92
Arnold, Benedict, 64, 82;
his treason, 154 et seq., 169, 171, 238
Atares Castle, Havana, 206
Baltimore, Fort at, 180-189
Battery, The, New York City, 46
Belfast, Me., 90
Belle Rive, Louis St. Ange de, Commanding Chartres, 12;
stationed at Vincennes, 14;
surrenders Chartres to English, 14
Boston, Fort at, 25-35
Boston Tea Party, 31
Bourbon, Fort, on the Mississippi, 263
Bowie, James, inventor of Bowie knife, 281
Braddock, 18;
his march and death, 19, 53, 127
Bradford, Wm., 106
Brownsville, Pa., 21
Burgoyne, General, 64
Burnet, Governor of New York, 122, 123, 124
Cadillac, La Motte, 132
Caen, Emery de, 75
Canseau, Nova Scotia, expedition against, 2;
fleet arrives at, 7
Castine, Baron Vincent de, 103, 104
Castle Garden, New York City, 46
Castle St. Louis, Quebec, 72, 77, 82
Castle William, Boston, 25, 35
Castle Williams, New York Harbor, 46
Champlain, Memorial Light House, 67
Champlain, Samuel, 49, 50, 51, 52, 60, 72, 73;
dies at Quebec, 76
Charles, Fort, Me., 107
Charleston, South Carolina, Fort at, 241-250
Chartres, Fort, site selected, 11;
disastrous expedition leaves, 12;
second fort built, 12;
surrenders to English, 14
Chebucto Bay, 93, 94, 97
Chicago, Illinois, 21;
historical Society, 23
Cincinnati, Ohio, 24
Citadel of Halifax, 93-97
Citadel of Quebec, 72-83
Clark, Fort, Illinois, 24
Clark, George Rogers, 23, 24, 144, 145
Clinton, Fort, New York City, 46
Clinton, Fort, New York, 148, 149
Columbus, Fort, New York, 36-48
Constitution, Fort, New Hampshire, 161-166
Constitution, Fort, New York, 150
Cornbury, Governor of New Amsterdam, 41
Covington, Fort, 187
“Crater,” The, near Petersburg, Virginia, 303
Crevecœur, Fort, 15
Crockett, Davy, falls at Alamo, 283
Crown Point, 53, 66-71
Damariscotta, 3
Davenport, Captain Richard, 28
Davis, Jeff, cell at Fort Monroe, 235
Dearborn, Fort, 21, 22, 23
Dearborn, General, Secretary of War, 35
Defiance, Mount, 64
De Soto, 142, 201
Diamond, Fort, 45
Dieskau, 54, 55, 56, 69
Donop, Count, 177
Dorchester, Mass., 32
Douglas, Fort, Utah, 289 et seq.
Drake, Sir Francis, menaces Havana, 203
Duchambon, successor to Duquesnel, 8
Dufferin Terrace, Quebec, 72, 83
Dummer, William, Governor of Mass., 29
Dumplings, Fort, near Newport, R. I., 231
Duquesne, Fort, erected, 18;
falls to England, 19
Duquesne, Governor-General of Canada, 18
Duquesnel, Commandant of Louisburg, 2
Edward, Fort, New York, 57
Erie, Pa., 20
Falls of Minnehaha, 268
Federal Hill Fort, Baltimore, 188, 189
Fetterman, Wyoming, 288 et seq.
Franklin, Pa., 21
Frederick, Fort, Maine, 105-112
Frenchman’s Bay, Me., 88
Frontenac, in command at Quebec, 77, 78, 79, 110
Frontenac, Fort (Kingston, Canada), 114, 127
Gage, Fort, 23, 24
George, Fort, at mouth of Columbia River, Ore., 292
George, Fort, Me., 98-104
George, Fort, New York City, 37
Gettysburg, 302
Governor’s Island, New York Harbor, 36, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44-48
Griswold, Fort, Conn., 167-172
Hamilton, Fort, New York, 45
Havana, Cuba, Forts at, 201-206
Heald, Captain Nathan, 22, 23
Heights of Quebec, 72-83
Hennepin, Friar Louis, and his map, 114
Holmes, Major, 140
Holmes, Fort, Michigan, 131-140
Howe, Sir William, 59
Independence, Fort, Boston, 25-35, 148
Irving, Washington, 36
Jackson, Fort, Louisiana, 263-267
Jay, Fort, New York, 36-48
Johnson, William, of New York, 53, 54, 55, 56, 69, 104, 117, 119
Johnston, General Albert Sidney, 284
Kaskaskia, Illinois, 143
Keogh, Fort, Montana, 289
Key, Francis Scott, 180, 187
Kirke, Admiral Sir David, attacks Quebec, 74
Kosciuszko, 151
Lafayette, Fort, 45
La Fuerza, Cuba, 201-206
Laramie, Fort, Wyoming, 273-278
Larrabee, Captain Lieutenant John, 30
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, 114, 131
Laurel Moat, Havana, 206
Leavenworth, Fort, Kansas, 287 et seq.
Le Bœuf, Fort, 20, 21
Lee, Robert E., 181;
resigns from U. S. Army, 284
Lescarbot, Marc, 86
Louisburg, Nova Scotia, importance of, 1;
incentives to attack, 2;
preparations against, 4;
a novel plan, 5;
expedition sails, 6;
strongest outlying work, 8;
siege progresses, 10;
restored to France, 10
Louis de la Mobile, Fort, Alabama, 257
McHenry, Fort, Maryland, 180-189
McHenry, James, Secretary of War, 184
McKenzie, Sir William’s experiment in Nova Scotia, 88, 89
M’Lean, Colonel Francis, 100
Mackinac Island, State park commission, 140
Marion, Fort, Florida, 190-200
Marion, General Francis, 199
Marquette, Father, 131-132
Massac, Fort, Illinois, 21, 141-146
Matanzas Inlet, Florida, 192
Menendez, Juan, de Aviles, 193
Mercer, Fort, New Jersey, 175
Mermet, Father, 142, 143
Metropolis, Illinois, 141
Michillimackinac, Michigan, 131-140
Mifflin, Fort, Pa., 173-179
Monitor and Merrimac, seen from Fort Monroe, 240
Monroe, Fort, Virginia, 232-240
Montcalm, Marquis de, 57, 59, 60, 62, 69, 127, 128
Montgomery, Fort, Alabama, 212
Montgomery, Fort, New York, 148, 149
Montgomery, Richard, 82, 83
Montmagny, Governor of Canada, 76
Monts, Sieur de, discovers Annapolis basin, 82
Morgan, Fort, Alabama, 257, 262
Morro Castle, Cuba, 201-206
Moultrie, Fort, South Carolina, 200, 241-250
New London, Conn., 167 et seq.
Newport, R. I., Forts at, 222-231
Newport Artillery Co., 222
Niagara, Fort, New York, 113-121
Nonsense, Fort, 170
Ontario, Fort, New York, 122-130
Ordre de la Bon Temps, 86
Osceola, Monument at Fort Moultrie, 244
Oswego, New York, 122, 130
Pell, S. H. P., of New York, restores Ticonderoga, 65
Pell, William F., of New York, acquires Ticonderoga, 65
Pemaquid, Maine, 105, 106, 111
Pensacola, Florida, Fort at, 207-214
Pentagoet, or Castine, 103, 105, 107
Peoria, Illinois, 24
Pepperell, William, of Kittery, Maine, chosen to head expedition, 5;
home still standing, 5, 30, 125
Phil Kearney, Fort, 285 et seq.
Philadelphia, Fort at, 173-179
Phips, Sir William, 29, 78, 79, 90, 108, 109
Pickens, Fort, Florida, 213
Pike, Lieutenant C. M., secures Fort Snelling reservation, 269
Pipon, Captain John, 29
Pitt, Fort, Block-house at Pittsburgh, 17
Plains of Abraham, 81
Port Henry, New York, 68
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Fort at, 161-166
Potrincourt, Baron, founds Annapolis Royal, 84, 85, 87
Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., 215-221
Presque Isle, a memorial of, 20
Principe Castle, Havana, 206
Pulaski, Fort, Georgia, 251-256
Putnam, Fort, 152
Putnam, General Israel, 148, 151
Quebec, 49, 51, 62;
Historic Forts at, 72-83
Redstone Old Fort, 21
Renault, Phillippe Francois de, introduces negro slavery to
Illinois, 11
Revere, Lieutenant Colonel Paul, 33, 100, 163
Ribaut, Jean, 192
Richelieu Cardinal, 73
Robinson, Col. Beverly, 156
Roxbury, Mass., 32
St. Augustine, Florida, Fort at, 190-200
St. Clair, General Arthur, 64
St. Denis, Juchereau de, 141, 142, 143
St. Frederic, Fort, New York, 67, 68, 69, 70
St. Louis, Fort, 14
St. Paul, Minn., foundation, 272
St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana, 263-267
Sam Houston, Fort, Texas, 279-284
Samoset sells land at Pemaquid, 106
San Antonio, Texas, Forts at, 284-289
San Carlos, Fort, Florida, 207-214
Sandusky, Ohio, 21
San Francisco, Cal., Presidio at, 215-221
San Marco, Fort, 197, 198
Scott, Fort Winfield, San Francisco, 220
Screven, Fort, Georgia, 254
Shippen, Margaret, 157-158
Shirley, William Governor of Mass., organizes expedition against
Louisburg, 3;
his list of instructions, 6, 53, 116, 125
Smith, Capt. John, sees Hampton Roads, 236
Snelling, Fort, Minn., 268-272
Stanwix, Fort, 129
Star Spangled Banner, 188
Starved Rock, Ill., 14
Stony Point, New York, 158-160
Sumter, Fort, South Carolina, 241-250
Ticonderoga, New York, 49-65, 147
Tracy, Uriah, 137
Travis, Col. William B., of the Alamo, 280
Trumbull, Fort, Conn., 167-172
Turnbull, Col. John, 33
Valesca, Luis de, his settlement at Pensacola Bay, 207
Valley Forge, 179
Vancouver, Fort, Washington, 290-294
Van Twiller, Wouter, or Walter, Governor of New Amsterdam, 37, 38
Vauban, 1, 56, 79
Vaudreuil, last Governor of New France, 81
Vaughan, William, of Damariscotta, suggests attack on Louisburg, 2;
his career, 3;
captures grand battery, 8, 9
Venango, 21
Vicksburg, Miss., 301
Vincennes, Ind., 12
Wadsworth, Peleg, 100, 102
Walker, Admiral Sir Hovenden, 81
Warren, Fort, 35
Washington, Fort, Valley Forge, Pa., 300
Washington, Fort, Cincinnati, Ohio, 24
Washington, George, 18, 32, 33, 129, 155, 157, 168, 176, 226, 228
Waterford, Pa., 20
Wayne, “Mad” Anthony, 145, 159
Wentworth, Sir John, Governor of New Hampshire, 162
West Point, New York, 147-160
White Hall, New York, 55
Wilkinson, James, 145
William Henry, Fort, Mass., 109, 110
William and Mary, Fort, New Hampshire, 161-166
William Henry, Fort, New York, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 119
Winthrop, Fort, Boston, 26
Winthrop, Governor of Mass., 27, 34
Wolcott, Fort, Torpedo Station, 231
Wolfe, captures, Quebec, 81
Yorktown, Va., 64
Yuma, Fort, Cal., 295-298
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Transcriber’s note:
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example:
headquarters, head-quarters; care-taker, caretaker; employees,
employés; emprize; rhymester; coehorns; repealment; gayety;
equinoctial.
Pg 26, ‘the frying fishes’ replaced by ‘the flying fishes’.
Pg 34, ‘is certaintly’ replaced by ‘is certainly’.
Pg 133, ‘the little setttlement’ replaced by ‘the little settlement’.
Pg 190, ‘by a barbacan’ replaced by ‘by a barbican’.
Pg 274, ‘Ogalla Sioux’ replaced by ‘Oglala Sioux’.
Pg 291, ‘periously close’ replaced by ‘perilously close’.
Pg 299, ‘his meagrely clad’ replaced by ‘his meagerly clad’.
Pg 301, ‘on the Mississpipi’ replaced by ‘on the Mississippi’.
Index:
‘Cadillac, La Moote’ replaced by ‘Cadillac, La Motte’.
‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisana’ replaced by
‘St. Philip, Fort, Louisiana’.