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, 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, 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 Swa
9@57899-h@57899-h-25.htm.html#Page_354" class="pginternal">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; P
">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, 36
s="pginternal">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, THE END
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