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.
Контрерас, битва, 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;
«Остендский манифест», 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;
Сантьягская кампания, 362–368;
морской бой у Сантьяго, 369–372;
Spanish surrender, 372.
Cubans proclaim independence, 345.
Калпс-Хилл, битва, 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;
битва в Манильском заливе, 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;
Квебекская кампания, 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;
при Йорктауне, 145–150;
в Квебеке, 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;
бесполезные операции, 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;
при Аппоматтоксе, 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.
Грин, лейтенант, рассказ о бое с Вирджинией, 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.
Озеро Шамплейн, битва, 173–179;
losses, 179.
Озеро Эри, битва, 158–172;
Perry victorious, 169;
losses, 170;
prize money, 171.
Lamon, W. H., visit to Charleston, 256n;
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;
рассказ о битве, 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.
Манила, морской бой, 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.
Массачусетс, война с пекуотами, 32–42;
Война короля Филипа, 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;
Буэна-Виста, 198–207;
Vera Cruz, 208, 209;
Серро-Гордо, 209–211;
Контрерас, 211–214;
Чурубуско, 215–220;
Молино-дель-Рей, 220–225;