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INTRODUCTION xi
TERRITORIAL CONCEPTS
EUROPEAN CONTESTS AFFECTING AMERICA AND A SUMMARY OF AMERICAN EXPANSION 1
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, in the history of Colonial America, between the Landing of Columbus, 1492, and Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois, 1609.
A FIGHT FOR LIFE
THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR BETWEEN EARLY COLONISTS AND THE INDIANS 14
CHAMPLAIN'S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS, 1609 27
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois, 1609, and the Conquest of the Pequots, 1637.
THE CONQUEST OF THE PEQUOTS, 1637 32
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Conquest of the Pequots, 1637, and the Defeat of King Philip, 1676.
THE DEFEAT OF KING PHILIP, 1676 44
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Defeat of King Philip, 1676, and the Capture of Quebec, 1759.
THE FALL OF QUEBEC, 1759 63
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Capture of Quebec, 1759, and the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775 102
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775, and the Battle of Saratoga, 1777.
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA, 1777 120
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Saratoga, 1777, and the Battle of Yorktown, 1781.
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battle of Yorktown, 1781, and the Battles on the Lakes, 1813, 1814.
THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, 1813 157
THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1814 173
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, in the history of the United States, between the Battle of Lake Champlain, 1814, and the War with Mexico, 1846-1847.
THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA, 1847 198
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Conquest of Mexico, 1847, and the Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861.
FORT SUMTER, 1861 232
THE BATTLE OF THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC" 274
FARRAGUT'S CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1862 288
WITH SOME NOTES ON THE BLOCKADE
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Farragut's Capture of New Orleans, 1862, and the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 1863.
VICKSBURG, JANUARY-JULY, 1863 295
GETTYSBURG, JULY 1-3, 1863 306
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 1863, and Appomattox, 1865.
THE LAST SCENE--APPOMATTOX, 1865 329
TOLD BY ONE WHO WAS PRESENT
Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Appomattox, 1865, and the Battles of Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba, 1898.
THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, 1898 347
THE BATTLES OF SANTIAGO, 1898 357
INDEX 379
CHAMPLAIN'S ATTACK ON AN IROQUOIS FORT 28
THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM ON THE MORNING OF THE BATTLE 70
BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE 166
BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA 202
CHARGE OF THE "PALMETTOS" AT CHURUBUSCO 218
BATTLE OF MOLINO DEL REY 222
SERGEANT HART NAILING THE COLORS TO THE FLAG-STAFF, FORT SUMTER 254
FIRST CORPS, SEMINARY RIDGE, 3.30 P.M., JULY 1, 1863 316
ATTACK OF PICKETT'S AND ANDERSON'S DIVISION 324
DEPARTURE OF GENERAL LEE AFTER THE SURRENDER 340
BATTLE OF MANILA BAY 354
THE CAPTURE OF THE BLOCK-HOUSE AT SAN JUAN 366
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