| I. | Birth of Washington.—His Boyhood. |
| II. | Washington's Youth.—First Surveying Expedition. |
| III. | Rival Claims of the English and the French.—Preparations for Hostilities. |
| IV. | Washington's Mission to the French Commander. |
| V. | Military Expedition to the Frontier. |
| VI. | Misfortunes.—Capitulation of Fort Necessity. |
| VII. | A Campaign under General Braddock. |
| VIII. | Braddock's Advance.—His Defeat. |
| IX. | Washington in Command.—Panics on the Frontier. |
| X. | Frontier Service. |
| XI. | Operations against the French.—Washington's Marriage. |
| XII. | Campaigns in the North.—Washington at Mount Vernon. |
| XIII. | Colonial Discontents. |
| XIV. | Expedition to the Ohio.—Tea Tax. |
| XV. | The First General Congress. |
| XVI. | Military Measures.—Affairs at Lexington. |
| XVII. | Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.—Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief. |
| XVIII. | Battle of Bunker Hill. |
| XIX. | Washington on his Way to the Camp. |
| XX. | Siege of Boston. |
| XXI. | Projects for the Invasion of Canada. |
| XXII. | War along the Coast.—Progress of the Siege. |
| XXIII. | Affairs in Canada. |
| XXIV. | Incidents of the Camp.—Arnold before Quebec. |
| XXV. | Washington's Perplexities.—New York in Danger. |
| XXVI. | Attack on Quebec.—Affairs in New York. |
| XXVII. | Movements before Boston.—Its Evacuation. |
| XXVIII. | Reverses in Canada.—The Highlands.—Close of the Invasion of Canada. |
| XXIX. | The Army in New York. |
| XXX. | Proceedings of Lord Howe.—Gates and Schuyler. |
| XXXI. | The War in the South.—Affairs in the Highlands. |
| XXXII. | Battle of Long Island.—Retreat. |
| XXXIII. | Retreat from New York Island. |
| XXXIV. | Retreat through Westchester County.—Battle of White Plains. |
| XXXV. | Washington at Peekskill.—The Northern Army. |
| XXXVI. | Capture of Fort Washington and Garrison.—Retreat through New Jersey. |
| XXXVII. | Retreat across the Delaware.—Battle of Trenton. |
| XXXVIII. | Washington recrosses the Delaware.—Battle of Princeton. |
| XXXIX. | The Army at Morristown.—Attack on Peekskill. |
| XL. | The Northern Army.—British Expedition to Connecticut. |
| XLI. | The Highlands.—Movements of the Army. |
| XLII. | Invasion from Canada. |
| XLIII. | Exploits and Movements.—Howe in the Chesapeake. |
| XLIV. | Advance of Burgoyne.—Battle of Oriskany.—Battle of Bennington. |
| XLV. | Battle of the Brandywine.—Fall of Philadelphia. |
| XLVI. | The Northern Invasion.—Fall of the Highland Forts.—Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne. |
| XLVII. | Battle of Germantown.—Hostilities on the Delaware. |
| XLVIII. | The Army on the Schuylkill.—At Valley Forge.—The Conway Cabal. |
| XLIX. | Exploits of Lee and Lafayette.—British Commissioners. |
| L. | Evacuation of Philadelphia.—Battle of Monmouth Court House. |
| LI. | Arrival of a French Fleet.—Massacre at Wyoming Valley.—Capture of Savannah. |
| LII. | Washington in Philadelphia.—Indian Warfare.—Capture of Stony Point.—Ravages in Connecticut.—Repulse at Savannah. |
| LIII. | Army at Morristown.—Arnold in Philadelphia.—Charleston Besieged. |
| LIV. | Discontents in the Army.—Fall of Charleston. |
| LV. | Marauds in the Jerseys.—The French Fleet at Newport. |
| LVI. | Battle of Camden. |
| LVII. | The Treason of Arnold.—Trial and Execution of AndrÉ. |
| LVIII. | Plan to entrap Arnold.—Projects against New York. |
| LIX. | The War in the South.—Battle of King's Mountain. |
| LX. | Hostilities in the South.—Mutiny. |
| LXI. | Battle of the Cowpens.—Battle of Guilford Court-house. |
| LXII. | The War in Virginia.—Demonstrations against New York. |
| LXIII. | Ravages in Virginia.—Operations in Carolina.—Attack on New London. |
| LXIV. | Operations before Yorktown.—Greene in the South. |
| LXV. | Siege and Surrender of Yorktown. |
| LXVI. | Dissolution of the Combined Armies.—Discontents in the Army. |
| LXVII. | News of Peace.—Washington's Farewell to the Army, and Resignation of his Commission. |
| LXVIII. | Washington at Mount Vernon. |
| LXIX. | The Constitutional Convention.—Washington elected President. |
| LXX. | Organization of the New Government. |
| LXXI. | Financial Difficulties.—Party Jealousies.—Operations against the Indians. |
| LXXII. | Tour Southward.—Defeat of St. Clair.—Dissensions in the Cabinet. |
| LXXIII. | Washington's Second Term.—Difficulties with the French Ambassador. |
| LXXIV. | Neutrality.—Whiskey Insurrection.—Wayne's Success against the Indians. |
| LXXV. | Jay's Treaty.—Party Claims.—Difficulties with France.—Farewell Address. |
| LXXVI. | Washington's Retirement and Death. |
