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, 256_n_;
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, 304_n_
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, 366_n_.
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, 304_n_.
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
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant
preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained; occurrences of
inconsistent hyphenation have not been changed.
Index not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.
Footnotes, originally at the bottoms of pages, have been collected,
renumbered into a single sequence, and placed just before the Index.
Page 347: “exterritorial” was printed that way.
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