Alabama, career of the,397destroyed by Kearsarge,397claims for damage paid by England,398Albemarle, destruction of the,403America, in old days,1ancient, people of,3André, meeting with Arnold,276capture of,277sad fate of,281Appomattox, surrender of Lee at380Arnold, Benedict, sent to relieve Fort Stanwix,209story of his treason,271-285brilliant military career,273begins his wicked career,273meeting with André,275escape of,280after life of,281death of,283Barbary States, pirates of,323Battles: Antietam,365Bennington,213Bon Homme Richard and Serapis,290Bull Run,364Bunker Hill,170-183Camden,255Cedar Creek,381Chancellorsville,369Chesapeake and Shannon,331Chickamauga,377Concord,162Constitution and Guerrière,327Cowpens,264Eutaw Springs,269Fair Oaks,365Forts Henry and Donaldson,365Freeman's Farm,218Gettysburg,369Hobkirk's Hill,269Kearsarge and Alabama,397King's Mountain,261Lake Erie,333Lexington,160Lookout Mountain,377Manassas,364Manila,410Mobile,399Monitor and Merrimac,392Monmouth,239New Orleans,337,390Oriskany,207Princeton,237Santiago,418Saratoga,219Trenton,233Vicksburg,375Yorktown,242Bennington, battle of,213Bon Homme Richard, battle with Serapis,290Boston boys and General Gage,150
Boston massacre,151tea party,152Port Bill,155Braddock, expedition of,118Buford massacre,253Bull Run, battle of,364Bunker Hill, battle of,170-183lesson taught by,180Monument,183Burgoyne campaign,198-221Cabots, John and Sebastian,26their voyages,26,27California enters the Union,346discovery of gold in,346rush to gold regions of,348Camden, defeat at,255Cedar Creek, Sheridan at,383Cervera and Spanish fleet,415Chancellorsville, battle of,369Charleston, defense of,251capture of,252Chesapeake, battle with the Shannon,331Chickamauga, battle of,377Churches in colonial times,129Colonial times, everyday life in,126Colonies begin to prosper,141tyrannical treatment of,142Columbia River, discovery of,341Columbus, Christopher,10early life of,12seeks aid,14first voyage of,15welcome on return,19other voyages,20-23Concord Bridge, fight at,162Congress, First Continental,157Second Continental,190Constitution, battle with Guerrière,327her noble record,330Cowpens, battle of,264Cuba, barbarities in,407rebels against Spain,406Cushing, daring exploit of,402-405Decatur, exploits of,324Deerfield, attack on,112De Soto, Ferdinand,28-30Dewey, Admiral, victory at Manila,412nation's reception of,414Dustin, Hannah, story of,113Dutch, settlement in New York,92how they lived,93Emancipation of the slaves,366proclamation of,367Erie, Lake, battle of,333Eutaw Springs, battle of,269Everyday home life one hundred years ago,311-321Farragut, Admiral,390captures New Orleans,391captures Mobile,399in the rigging at Mobile,401Fires, how put out one hundred years ago,316Flag, American, first raised,209Franklin, Benjamin,296-310early life of,297learns printer's trade,297goes to Philadelphia,299life in London,301career in Philadelphia,302famous kite experiment,304public career,305service as diplomatist,309last days of,310Freeman's Farm, battle of,218French in North America,106French and Indian Wars,110Gage, General, and Boston boys,150plans to capture military stores,158
Gates, General,217,255Gettysburg, battle of,369-372memorials of,372Lincoln's address at,372Gold, Discovery of, in California,347effects of discovery,348Grant, General, success in the West,375Greene, General, takes command in South,262his masterly retreat,265rare generalship of,268brilliant campaign in South,269Henry, Patrick, speech of,147Herkimer, General,206Hobkirk's Hill, battle of,269Hobson, brilliant exploit of,416Home life in colonial times,134Hudson, Sir Henry,88enters Dutch service,89discovers Hudson River,90his sad fate,92Independence, Declaration of,184-197what it said to the world,191how received,194incidents connected with,195what it should mean,197Independence declared,192slow growth of the idea,185stern necessity of,188first steps towards,190Indians,4principal divisions of,4Pueblo,6appearance and clothing,73food of the,74weapons and how they fought,76as hunters,80cunning and revengeful,82their children,85ally themselves with French,111Jackson, Andrew, anecdote of,254wins the battle of New Orleans,337Jackson, Stonewall,369Jasper, Sergeant, bravery of,251Jones, John Paul, begins his remarkable career,287daring deeds on English coast288interview with Franklin,289after life of,294battle with the Serapis,290Kearsarge destroys the Alabama397King's Mountain, battle of,261La Salle,107Laws, absurd and tyrannical,143resistance to,147Lee, General Charles, at Monmouth,240Lee, Robert E,371Lewis and Clarke expedition,341Lexington, battle of,160Life, everyday, one hundred years ago,311,322Lincoln, Abraham, influence of mother,353reads good books,354,356studies law,357chosen President,359death of,383Lookout Mountain, battle of,377Louisburg, capture of,115Louisiana, purchase of,340Maine, blowing up of the,409Manila, naval victory at,410Marion, General,255-261method of fighting of,257first exploits of,258famous exploits of,259visit from British officer,260
McCrea, Jane, murder of,205Meade, General,370Merrimac, attack on Union fleet,392battle with Monitor,394Ministers and meeting-houses one hundred years ago,318Minute-men,167Mobile, capture of,399Monitor, building of,392arrival of,393battle with the Merrimac,394Monmouth, battle of,239Montcalm, death of,125Morgan, General, victory at Cowpens264Naval operations on the Western rivers,388Navy in the War of 1812,323-338at beginning of the war for the Union,387New England, rally of people in defense of,211New Orleans, battle of,337capture of,365,389-391Newspapers one hundred years ago,311Northmen,6Oregon saved to the Union,342Pacific Coast, settlement of339-352Pacific Railroad, first built,353Penn, William,97becomes a Quaker,98establishes a colony in America,100kind treatment of Indians,101treaty with Indians,102his old age,104Perry, Commodore, victory on Lake Erie,333Pilgrims, story of,47home in Holland,48voyage across Atlantic,51sign compact,52explorations of,53hardships and suffering of,60,65visit from Indians,63peep into houses of,66household furniture of,69daily fare of,71Pitcher, Mollie, story of,241Plymouth Rock,59Pocahontas, romantic story of,41Ponce de Leon,27Pony Express, its history,349Porter, Commodore,376Porto Rico, campaign in,420Postal service one hundred years ago,312Potatoes first used in Europe,33Princeton, battle of,237Privateers, Confederate,396Quakers, persecution of,96Quebec, capture of,123Railroad built to California,352Raleigh, Sir Walter,31Revere, Paul, ride of,159Review in Washington, grand,385Richmond, capture of,380Sailors, American, treatment of by British,325Santiago, naval victory at,418Saratoga, battle of,219effect of victory at,220Savannah, capture of,252Schoolmaster one hundred years ago,320Schools and schoolmasters in colonial times,131
Schuyler, General, and Burgoyne campaign,203Sheridan, General,381famous ride of,381Sherman, W. T., General,378march to the sea,379Shiloh, battle of,375Slavery, a menace to the country,358Slaves, emancipation of the,366Smith, Captain John,34early career,35career in new world,37and Pocahontas,40South, war of Revolution in,250cruel warfare in,253Spain, downfall of,406colonial policy of406Cuba rebels against,406war declared against,409end of war against,421Spanish fleet, preparations to meet,415Stage coaches one hundred years ago,314Stamp Act,145Standish, Captain Miles,54Stanwix, Fort, defense of,208Stark, John, at Bennington,213Steele, Mrs., anecdote of,266Stuyvesant, Peter,95Sumter, Fort, attack on,361Sunday, in colonial times,127how kept one hundred years ago,317Tablets, historic,169Tea Party, Boston,152Thomas, General,377Ticonderoga, capture of,201Tobacco, first use of by Europeans,33Trenton, battle of,233Union, War for, beginning of,361cost of,384situation after the,386Valley Forge, sufferings at,238Vicksburg, capture of,375Virginia, first attempt to colonize,32starving time in,44War, Civil, beginning of,361cost of,384situation after the,386War of 1812, causes of,326results of,338Warren, Joseph,156death of,180Washington, George, first difficult task,117with Braddock's expedition,118boyhood and youth of,222as a surveyor,224as a colonial army officer,226advancement in political honors,228as commander-in-chief,229his many difficulties,231victory at Trenton,233victory at Princeton,237helps defeat Burgoyne,237plans Yorktown campaign,242elected President,245retires to private life,246death of,248Washington, Colonel, anecdote of,264Whitman, Dr., saves Oregon,342his perilous ride for Oregon,344success in his mission,345Wolfe, capture of Quebec,123Yorktown, plan of campaign,242victory at,244