CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

DECISIVE BATTLES OF AMERICA

I TERRITORIAL CONCEPTS

II A FIGHT FOR LIFE

III THE CONQUEST OF THE PEQUOTS, 1637

IV THE DEFEAT OF KING PHILIP, 1676

V THE FALL OF QUEBEC, 1759

VI CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

VII THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775.

VIII THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA, 1777.

IX YORKTOWN AND THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS (1781)

X THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, 1813

XI THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1814

XII THE RUPTURE WITH MEXICO, 1843 - 1846

XIII THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA (1847)

XIV SCOTT'S CONQUEST OF MEXICO, 1847

XV FORT SUMTER, 1861

XVI THE BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC

XVII FARRAGUT'S CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS (1862)

XVIII VICKSBURG (JANUARY - JULY, 1863)

XIX GETTYSBURG, JULY 1 (3), 1863

XX THE LAST SCENE APPOMATTOX, 1865

XXI THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, 1898

XXII THE BATTLES OF SANTIAGO, 1898

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

BY

ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON,
CLAUDE HALSTEAD VAN TYNE, GEORGE PIERCE GARRISON,
Rear-Admiral FRENCH ENSOR CHADWICK, U.S.N. (Retired),
JAMES K. HOSMER, J. H. LATANÉ, RICHARD HILDRETH,
BENSON J. LOSSING

AND OTHERS

EDITED BY
RIPLEY HITCHCOCK

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