Greeley, Horace, 290.

Greenback party, 293, 295.
Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 137, 138.
Griswold, Fort, 140.
Guam, 316, 319.

Guilford Court House, battle of, 138.

HALE, CAPTAIN NATHAN, 115.
Halleck, Gen. H. W., 221, 227.
Hamilton, Alexander, 152; death of,

156; contributes to Federalist, 330.
Hancock, Gen. Winfield S., 260, 295.
Hanging Rock, battle of, 134.
Hanover Court House, battle of, 236.
Harper's Ferry, 217, 241.

Harrison, William Henry, at battle of
Tippecanoe, 159; elected Pres., 180.

Harrison, Benjamin, 299.

Harrison's Landing, 240.

Hatteras Inlet, expedition to, 222.

Hawaiian Islands, 302, 316.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 331.

Hayes, R. B., nominated for President,

293; administration of, 294.

Hayne, Col. Isaac, 134.

Hayne, Robert Y., 176.

Hendricks, Thomas A., 293, 297.
Henry, Fort, 224.

Henry, Patrick, 102, 330.
Hermitage, the, 175.

Hessians, 115; at Trenton, 117.

Hobson, Naval Constructor R. P., 312.
Holly Springs, destruction of depot at,
230.

Hood, Gen. John B., 257, 258.
Hooker, Gen. Joseph, at Williamsburg,
236; at Chattanooga, 247; at Chan-
cellorsville, 250.

Hornet and Peacock, 166.
Horseshoe Bend, battle of, 166.
House, Speaker of, xxvii, xxix.

Houston, Gen. Sam., 183, 206.

Howe, Gen. William, evacuates Boston,
113; on Long Island, 115.
Huguenots, the, 75.

Hull, Capt. Isaac, 161; Gen. William,
160.

Hunter, Gen. D., 221, 261.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Anne, 57.

IDAHO, admission of, 322.
Illinois, admission of, 203.
Imposts, definition of, xxix.

Independence, Declaration of, 114, xxii.
Indiana, admission of, 202.
Indians, 10.

Internal improvements, defined, 173.
Iowa, admission of, 206.
Iron-clad Oath, 284.

Irving, Washington, 330.

Island No. 10, capture of, 227.
Iuka, battle of, 228.

JACKSON, ANDREW, Creek war, 166; at
New Orleans, 170; nominated Presi-
dent, 174; administration of, 175.
Jackson, Gen. T. J., at Bull Run, 219;
in Shenandoah, 237; near Hanover
Court House, 239; death of, 251.
Jamestown, 38, 52.
Japan, treaty with, 195.

Jasper, Sergeant, 113, 129.

Jay, Chief Justice John, 153, 330.
Jefferson, Thomas, writes Declaration
of Independence, 114; elected Vice-
President, 154; nominated President,
155; administration of, 155.
Jesuits, the, 33.

Johnson, Andrew, 281.

Johnson, Col. R. M., 165, 178.

Johnson, Sir William, 86.

Johnston, Gen. Albert Sidney, 225,
226.

Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., at Bull Run,
220; at Williamsburg, 236; in Shen-
andoah, 237; at Fair Oaks, 238; at
Jackson, 245; before Atlanta, 257;
at Averysboro and Bentonville, 272;
surrender of, 279.

Joint Electoral Commission, 293.
Jones, Paul, victory of, 132.

KALB, DE, BARON JOHN, 133.

Kansas, admission of, 209; difficulties
in, 195.

Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 194.

Kearney, Gen. Philip, 241.
Kearney, Stephen W., 187.

Kearsarge sinks the Alabama, 268.

Kenesaw Mountain, battle of, 257.

Kentucky, admission of, 200.
Key, Francis S., 169.

Kidd, William, 68.

Kilpatrick, Gen. J. C., 259.

King's Mountain, battle of, 134.
Know-Nothing party, 196.

Knoxville, siege of, 250.
Kosciusko, 122.

LABORER, the, 93, 210.

La Fayette, Marquis de, at Brandy-
wine, 119; character of, 119; sent
against Arnold, 139; second visit,
173, 210.

Lake Champlain, battle of, 168.
Lake Erie, battle of, 164.

Lake George, battle of, 86.
Lancaster, 324.

La Salle, Robert Cavelier de, 34.
Laudonnière, 31.

Lawrence sacked, 230.

Lawrence, Captain James, 166.
Lee, Gen. Charles, capture of, 116; at
Monmouth, 128; dismissed, 128.
Lee, Henry, "Light-horse Harry," 134,
238.

Lee, Gen. Robert E., at Cheat Mountain,
218; takes command of Confederate
forces, 238; invades Maryland, 241,
251; battle of Wilderness, 260; sur-
render of, 274.

Leisler, execution of, 68.

Letters of Marque, xxx.

Lewis and Clark Expedition, the, 209,
323.

Lexington, Mass., battle of, 106.
Lexington, Mo., battle of, 221.
Lincoln, Abraham, nominated Presi-

dent, 197; inauguration of, 215; frees
the slaves, 242; assassination of,
275.

Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, 129, 132,
140.

Literature, American, 329.
Locofoco, origin of name, 173.
Longfellow, Henry W., 331.
Long Island, battle of, 114.
Longstreet, Gen. James, 250.
Lookout Mountain, battle of, 248.
Lost Mountain, battle of, 257.

Louisburg, capture of, in 1745, 80; cap-
ture of, in 1757, 85.

Louisiana, admission of, 201; secession
of, 198.

Louisiana purchase, 156, 323.
Lundy's Lane, battle of, 167.
Lyceum Lectures, 211.

Lyon, Gen. Nathaniel, 221.

MACDONOUGH, COM. THOMAS, 168.
Mackinaw, surrender of, 160.
Madison, James, 159, 330.
Magellan, 26, 43.

Magruder, Gen. J. B., 235.

Maine, 60, 204; battle-ship, 308.
Malvern Hill, battle of, 239.
Manassas, battles of, 235, 241.
Manila, battles of, 311, 315, 320.
Manufactures, 142, 171, 325.

Marcy's Maxim, 293.

Marion, Gen. Francis, 138.
Marquette, Father, 33.

Maryland, settlement of, 72; invasion
of, 241.

Mason and Dixon's line, 72.

Mason and Slidell, 222.

Massachusetts, 53.

Maximilian in Mexico, 285.
Mayflower, 53.

McAlister, Fort, capture of, 259,

McClellan, Gen. George B., at Philippi,
Rich Mountain, and Carrick's Ford,
218; General-in-Chief, 220; in Penin-
sular Campaign, 235; at Antietam,
241; democratic candidate, 269.
McCrea, murder of Miss, 121.
McDowell, Gen. Irvin, 219, 236, 237.
McHenry, Fort, bombardment of, 169.
McKinley, William, 303.
Meade, Gen. George G., 252.
Mechanic Arts, 325.
Mechanicsville, battle of, 239.
Meigs, Fort, siege of, 164.
Memphis, surrender of, 227.
Menendez, 29.

Merrimac and Monitor, 233.

Merrimac (Virginia), destruction of, 235.
Merritt, Gen. Wesley, 315.

Mexico, war with, 185-190; boundary of,
195; French in, 284.
Michigan, admission of, 204.
Miles, Gen. Nelson A., 314.
Miller, Col. James, 168.
Mill Spring, battle of, 224.
Mimms, Fort, massacre at, 166.
Mine Explosion, the, 262.
Minnesota, admission of, 208.

Mississippi, admission of, 202; seces-
sion of, 198.

Mississippi Company and John Law, 202.

Mississippi River, discovery of, 28.

Missouri Compromise, the, 172.
Missouri, admission of, 204.
Mister, the title of, 94, 210.
Mobile, 204, 324.
Modoc Indians, 291.
Monitor, the, 233.

Monmouth, battle of, 127.
Monocacy, battle of, 263.

Monroe Doctrine, the, 173.

Monroe, James, 172.

Montana, admission of, 322.
Montcalm, Marquis de, 87, 89.
Monterey, capture of, 186.

Montgomery, General Richard, 112.
Monticello, home of Jefferson, 158.
Montreal, surrender of, 89.

Morgan, Gen. Daniel, 121, 124, 137.
Morgan, Gen. John H., 246.

Mormons, the, 182.

Morris, Robert, 135, 139.
Morse, Samuel F. B., 183.

Motte, Mrs., anecdote of, 138.
Moultrie, Col. William, 113.

Moultrie, Fort, attack on, 113; Ander-
son at, 199.

Mound Builders, the, 10.

Mount Vernon, 150.

Murfreesboro, battle of, 229,

Mutiny Act, 103.

NASHVILLE, battle of, 258.

Naturalization, process of, xxx.
Navigation Act, 51.

Nebraska, admission of, 322.
Negro soldiers, 254.

Nelson, Gov. Thomas, 140.

Nevada, admission of, 277.
New Amsterdam, 65.

Newbern, capture of, 232.

New England manners and customs,
93, 144.

New Hampshire, 60.

New Hampshire Grants, 111.

New Haven Colony, 63.

New Jersey, 68.

New Market, battle of, 261.

New Netherland, 65.

New Orleans, battle of, 169; capture
of, 230.

Newport, attack on, 128.

Newspapers and journalism, 93, 97, 331.
New York, 65.

New York city, fire in, 179; riot in,
252.

Niagara, Fort, capture of, 87.

Norfolk (Portsmouth) Navy-yard, 217,

235.

North-east Boundary, 180.
Northmen, the, 15.

North-west Boundary, 183.
North-western Territory, 201, 323.
Nullification, 175.

OGLETHORPE, Gov. JAS. EDWARD, 76, 80.
Ohio, admission of, 201.
Okechobee, battle of, 178.

Old Ironsides, 161.

Omnibus Bill, 193.

Ord, Gen. E. O. C., 221.

Oregon, admission of, 208.

Osceola, 177.

Otis, Gen. Elwell S., 320, 321.

Otis, James, 103, 330.

PACIFIC, discovery of the, 27; Railroad,

287.

Palo Alto, battle of, 185.

Patent, definition of, iii.

Patent, extent of, 327, xxx.

Patriot War, the, 179.

Patroons, the, 65, 95.

Pea Ridge, battle of, 230.

Penn, William, founds Pennsylvania,

69; founds Philadelphia, 70; treaty
with Indians, 71; gives up Dela-
ware, 72; life of, 69.
Pennsylvania, 69.
Pequod War, the, 62.

Perry, Oliver H., 164.

Perryville, battle of, 228.

Petersburg, attack on, 262; capture of,

273.

Philadelphia, 70, 95, 150.

Philadelphia, frigate, destroyed, 157.

Philip, Indian chief, 57.

Philippi, battle of, 218.

Philippine Islands, 316, 319–321.

Pickens, Fort, 223.

Piedmont, battle of, 262.
Pierce, Franklin, 194.

Pike, Gen. Z. M., 163, 323.
Pilgrims, landing of the, 53.
Pillow, Fort, capture of, 265.
Pinckney, Charles C., 155.
Pitcher, Major Molly, 128.
Pitt, William, 85, 99.

Pittsburg Landing, battle at, 225.
Pittsburgh, named, 85.

Plains of Abraham, 87.

Plattsburg and Lake Champlain, battle
of, 168.

Pleasant Hill, battle of, 265.
Pocahontas, 48, 49.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 331.
Polk, James K., 185.
Pope, Gen. John, 240.
Porter, D. D., 265, 266.

Porter, Gen. Fitz John, 236 239.
Port Gibson, battle of, 245.
Port Hudson, surrender of, 246.
Port Republic, encounter at, 237.
Port Royal Entrance, S. C., 222.
Port Royal, N. S., founded, 32.
Postage, 297, 325.

Post-offices and mails, 93, 325.

Powhatan, 48.

Prescott, Gen., capture of, 121.

President and Little Belt, 160.

Presidential Electors, xxxii.

Presidential Succession, in case of va-

cancy, 298, xxxii.

President, method of electing, xxxi,

Xxxviii.

President, salary of, xxxii.

President's message, xxxiii.

Princeton, battle of, 118.

Printing press, 93, 327.

Privateers, Confederate, 222.
Providence, 64, 324.

Public lands, 194, 328.

Puerto Rico, 314, 315, 318, 319.

Pulaski, Count, 129.

Pulaski, Fort, reduction of, 233.
Puritans, the, 53.

Putnam, Gen. Israel, 108, 130.

QUAKERS, the, 57, 69.

Quebec, attack on, 87; surrender of, 89;

battle of, 112.

Queenstown, battle of, 161.

RAILROAD, the first, 174, 326,

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 36.

Rall, death of, 117.

Randolph, John, 153.

Reconcentrados, 307.

Reconstruction, 282.

Red River Expedition, 265.
Representatives, U. S., xxvi, xxvii.
Republican

(democratic-republican)
party, rise of, 153; elects Jefferson,
155; elects Madison, 159; elects Mon-
roe, 172; called the democratic party,
173.

Republican party, rise of, 196; elects

Lincoln, 197, 269; elects Grant, 286,
291; elects Hayes, 293; elects Gar-
field, 295; elects Harrison, 299; elects
McKinley, 302.

Resaca, Ga., battle of, 257.

Resaca de la Palma, battle of, 185.
Resumption of specie payments, 295.
Revere, Paul, 105, 106.

Rhode Island, 64.

Ribaut, John, 31.

Richmond, siege of, 262; capture of, 273.
Rich Mountain, battle of, 218.
Roanoke Island, 36, 232.
Rolfe, John, 49.

Rome, 122.

Rosecrans, Gen. W. S., 228, 229, 246.
Rotation in office, 175, 293.
Russy, Fort de, capture of, 265.

SABINE CROSS-ROADS, battle of, 265.
Sackett's Harbor, attack on, 163.
St. Augustine founded, 29.
Salt Lake City, 183.

Samoa, 316, 317,

Sampson, Rear-Admiral W. T., 310, 312,

313.

San Domingo, 289.

San Francisco, 207.

San Jacinto, battle of, 206.

Santa Anna, 187, 189, 205.

Santa Fe, founded, 29.

Santiago, battles of, 313.

Saratoga, battles of, 123.

Savage's Station, battle at, 239.

Savannah, capture of, 129; port closed,
233; Sherman at, 259.

Schenectady, attack on, 77.

Schley, Rear-Admiral W. S., 309, 310,
312, 313.

Schofield, Gen. John M., 258, 272.
Schuyler, Fort, 122.

Schuyler, Gen. Philip, 121.

Scott, Gen. Winfield, at Chippewa and

Lundy's Lane, 168; in Mexico; 188,
retires from active service, 220.
Sedgwick, Gen. John, 260.

Seminoles, war with, 177.

Semmes, Capt. R., 222.

Senators, U. S., how chosen, xxvii.

Seven-Days Battles, 239.

Seward, attack on William H., 275.
Shafter, Gen. W. T., 313, 314.
Shays' Rebellion, 143.

Sheridan, Gen. Phil. H., at Murfrees-
boro, 229; in Shenandoah, 264; at
Five Forks, 273.

Sherman, Gen. W. T., at Chickasaw
Bayou, 230; at Knoxville, 250; be-
fore Atlanta, 256; march to the sea,
259; march through the Carolinas,
271.

Shiloh, battle of, 225.

Sigel, Gen. Franz, 221, 261.
Silver Bill, the, 295.

Sioux, war with the, 244.

Slavery, introduction of, 50; question

of, 172, 193, 196-198, 242.
Slave-trade prohibited, xxxi.
Slemmer, Lieut. A. J., 223.
Smith, Capt. John, 46.

Smith, Gen. Kirby, 219, 228.
Smith, Joseph, 183.

South Mountain, battle of, 241.

Spain, treaty with, 153; cedes Florida
173; war with, 304-316.

Specie payments, 295.

Spottsylvania, battle of, 260.
Squatter sovereignty, 194.
Stamp Act, the, 102, 103.
Stanton, Edwin M., 284.
Stark, Col. John, 123.

Stark, Mrs. Elizabeth ("Betty "), 123.
Star-Spangled Banner, the song of, 169.

State Rights, doctrine of, 176.
Steadman, Fort, attack on, 272.
Steam-boat, 157, 326.

Steele, Mrs., anecdote of, 138.
Steele, John, 62.

Stephens, Alex. H., 176, 199.

Stephenson, Fort, battle of, 164.

St. Louis, 204, 324.

Stony Point, capture of, 130.
Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., 238, 262.
Stuyvesant, Peter, 66.

Sub-Treasury Bill, 179.

Sullivan, Gen. John, 119, 128, 131.
Sumner, Charles, 195.

Sumter, Gen. Thomas, 134, 138.

Sumter, Fort, Anderson at, 200; cap-
ture of, 216; Gillmore besieges, 254.
Supreme Court, xxxiii.
Swamp Angel, 254.
Swansea, 57.

TARIFF, 173, 174, 176, 300, 302, 303.
Tarleton, Lieut.-Col. Bannastre, 133.

Taylor, Zachary, in Mexican War, 185-

187; elected President, 191.

Tea, tax on, 105.

Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, 163, 165, 166.
Telegram, the first, 327.

Telegraph, 183; submarine, 285.
Telephone, invention of, 327.

Tennessee, admission, 201; secession, 217.
Tenure-of-Office Bill, 283, 284.
Terry, Gen. Alfred H., 292.

Texas, annexation of, 183; admission
of, 205; secession of, 198.
Thames, battle of the, 165.

Thomas, Gen. George H., at Chicka-
mauga, 247; at Nashville, 258.
Ticonderoga, attack on, 86; capture of, 110.
Tilden, Samuel J., 293.

Tippecanoe, battle of, 159.
Tobacco, 37, 50.

Town-meetings in New England, 96.
Travel, slowness of early, 92, 145, 324.
Treaty, of Paris, 142; with Spain, 153;

of Ghent, 169; the Ashburton, 180;
the Oregon, 184; with Mexico, 190;
of Washington, 289; with Spain, 316.
Trent affair, the, 222.

Trenton, battle of, 116.
Tripoli, 157.

Tutuila, 316, 317.

Tyler, John, 180, 181.

UNITED COLONIES of New England, 57.
United States, capital of, at New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, 150.

Utah, admission of, 322.

VALLEY FORGE, winter in, 125.

Van Buren, Martin, 178.

Van Dorn, Gen. Earl, 228.
Venezuelan boundary, 302.
Vera Cruz, capture of, 188.
Vermont, admission of, 200.
Verrazani, 30.

Vesputius, Americus, 24.
Vice-President,

Xxxviii.

how elected, 143,

66

66

Seminole, 177.

Spanish, 80, 304-316.
Warren, Gen. Joseph, 110.

Washington, George, journey of, 81;
captures Fort Duquesne, 85; ap-
pointed commander-in-chief, 111;
captures Boston, 112; retreat through
New Jersey, 116; at Princeton, 118;
in Valley Forge, 125, 126; at Mon-
mouth, 127; at Yorktown, 139; ad-
dresses officers at Newburg, 142; in-
augurated President, 149; life of, 150.
Washington, Col. William A., 137.
Washington, made capital of the United
States, 150; capture of, 169.
Washington, admission of, 322.
Washington, Fort, taken, 116.
Waxhaw Creek, battle of, 133.
Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 130, 152.
Webster, Daniel, 193.
Webster, Noah, 210.

Weldon Railroad, seized, 263.
Western Reserve, the, 194.

Wethersfield, 63.

Weyler, Gen., 307, 308.

Wheeler, William A., 293.

Whig party, 173; elects Harrison, 180;
nominates Clay, 184; elects Taylor,
191; nominates Scott, 194; dies, 196.
Whiskey Rebellion, 152.

Whitefield, George, 76.

White Plains, battle of, 116.

Whitney, Eli, 172, 326.

Whittier, John G., 331.

Wilderness, battle of the, 260.

Williams, Roger, founds Providence,
57; Pequod War, 62.
Williamsburg, battle of, 236.
Wilmot Proviso, the, 190.

Wilson's Creek, battle of, 221.
Winchester, battle of, 264.

Windsor, founded, 62.

Winslow, Capt. J. A., 268.
Winthrop, John, 62.

Wisconsin, admission of, 206.

Witchcraft, Salem, 60.

Wolfe, Gen. James, attack on Quebec,

87; death of, 89.

World's Columbian Exposition, 301.

Wyoming, massacre of, 128.

Wyoming, admission of, 322.

YORK, capture of, 163.

Yorktown, sieges of, 139, 235.
Young, Brigham, 183,