Chapter XIX: Introduction (14)

Santiago de Cuba, Cervera’s squadron at, 360;
blockade, 361;
sinking of _Merrimac_, 361;
preparations of army against, 362;
voyage and landing of army, 363–364;
Las Guasimas, 365;
El Caney, 365;
San Juan Hill, 366–368;
map, 367;
naval battle, 369–372;
surrender, 372;
condition of army 373;
return of troops, 373.

Santo Domingo, proposed annexation with United States, 11.

Saratoga battle (1777), 120–143.

_Saratoga_ at Lake George, 175, 176, 178, 179.

Saunders, Admiral, at siege of Quebec, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 74.

Savannah, founded, 61.

Saybrook, Fort, beleaguered, 37, 38, 40.

Schley, W. S., flying squadron, 358;
search for Cervera’s squadron, 359–361;
battle off Santiago, 370;
Sampson controversy, 375.

Schuyler, Fort, relief, 129.

Schuyler, Philip, command, 120;
at Fort Edward, 126;
prejudices against, 127;
proclamation, 128;
superseded by Gates, 131;
at Stillwater, 128;
and Arnold, 129;
exonerated, 143.

Schwan, Theodore, in Porto Rico, 373.

Scott, Winfield, plan of operations against Mexico, 189;
commands Mexican expedition, 194;
bribe to Santa Anna, 195;
proposed armistice, 195, 196;
captures Vera Cruz, 195, 208, 209;
Cerro Gordo, 209;
Contreras, 211–214;
Churubusco, 215–220;
Molino del Rey, 220–225;
Chapultepec, 225–229;
occupies the City of Mexico, 229;
advises reinforcement of Charleston Harbor forts, 236;
inaccurate statement of forces 237;
Fox’s plan of relief, 265;
succeeded by McClellan, 273.

Sedgwick, John, in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 316.

Sedition Act, passage, 154.

Seminole War, beginning, 180;
termination, 181.

Seven Years’ War, beginning, 63.

Seward, W. H., purchase of Alaska, 11;
Danish West India Islands, 11.

Shafter, W. R., Santiago campaign, 363, 364, 365, 369, 372.

_Shannon_ captures the _Chesapeake_, 156.

Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts, 153;
suppression, 154.

Sheridan, P. H., at Appomattox, 330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 342.

Sherman, William T., at Buena Vista, 202, 204, 206;
and McClernand, 298;
in Vicksburg campaign, 299, 302;
march on Atlanta, 327;
occupies Charleston, 327.

Shields, James, at Vera Cruz, 208;
at Contreras, 212;
at Churubusco, 217.

Sickles, D. E., in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 317.

Sigsbee, C. D., in Spanish War, 360.

Simmons, Colonel, at Bennington, 131.

Six Nations (Indians), in council, 124, 132.

Skene, Philip K., Council at Castleton, 127.

Slavery, introduced into Virginia, 30;
enlistment, 121;
importation prohibited, 155.

Slidell, John, mission to Mexico, 189;
captured, 273.

Slocum, H. W., in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 317.

Small, Major, at Bunker Hill, 113.

Smith, C. H., at Appomattox, 332.

Smith, General, at Contreras, 213, 214.

Smith, Persifer, at Contreras, 212.

Smith, John, on American Indians, 17.

Smith, Kirby, at Molino del Rey, 221;
at Vicksburg, 299, 304.

South Carolina, secession, 231.

South Dakota, admission into the Union, 345.

Spain, territorial growth in America, 2, 3, 4;
loss of territory, 5;
and England in America, 6;
colonial revolution, 9;
cedes claim to Oregon, 9;
in Cuba, 345.

Spanish War, causes, 347–349;
war declared, 350;
Dewey at Manila, 351–356;
naval preparation, 357;
comparative naval forces, 358, 359;
blockade of Cuba, 359;
Santiago campaign, 360–369;
maps, 367, 371;
naval battle, 369–372;
surrender, 372;
Porto Rico campaign, 373;
capture of Manila, 373, 374;
army investigation, 374;
Sampson-Schley controversy, 375, 376.

Specie Payment, resumption, 344.

Speedlove, Major, killed at Bunker Hill, 115.

Spottsylvania Court-house, battle, 327.

Stamp Act, proposed, 84;
first reception of proposal, 85;
resistance, 88;
repeal urged, 89;
repealed, 89.

Stanwix, Fort, siege, 129.

Stanwix, John, sent to succor Pittsburg, 73;
built Fort Pitt, 74.

Stark, John, joins army, 99;
at Medford, 103;
at Bunker Hill, 107, 116;
insubordination, 130;
at Bennington, 130, 131;
censured by Congress, 134;
promoted, 135.

_Star of the West_ expedition, 256.

Stillwater, battle of, 119.

Stockton, R. F., in California, 192.

Stuart, J. E. B., and Lee’s northward march, 309;
raid during Gettysburg campaign, 309, 310;
Gettysburg, 323.

Stuyvesant, Peter, and Swedish settlers, 42.

Sumter, Fort, condition, 240, 244;
state demands, 248;
Anderson removes to, 251–253;
flag-raising, 254;
_Star of the West_ expedition, 256;
armament, 262;
bombardment, 267;
surrenders, 271.

“Swamp Fight,” King Philip’s War, 52, 56.

Swedes occupy the Delaware River, 4.

Sykes, George, in Gettysburg campaign, 311.

Tarenteens (Eastern Indians), and King Philip’s War, 50.

Tarleton, Banastre, at the siege of Yorktown, 147.

Taylor, Dick, at Vicksburg, 304.

Taylor, H. C., in Spanish War, 363.

Taylor, Zachary, at Buena Vista, 182;
in Texas, 186;
advances to Rio Grande, 187;
first skirmish, 188;
captures Monterey, 193;
plans against City of Mexico, 194;
at Buena Vista, 194, 198–207;
elected President, 229;
death, 230.

Telephone, invention, 344.

Tennessee, admission into the Union, 154;
secession, 273.

Territory, European claims in America, 2, 4, 5, 6;
map of growth, 3;
of the United States, 7–12.

_Texas_ in Spanish War, 358, 370, 371.

Texas, rival claims, 9;
annexation, 10;
republic proclaimed, 181;
revolution, 181;
admission into the Union, 181;
annexation, 183;
cause of Mexican War, 184;
secession, 231.

Thirty Years’ War, result, 4.

Thomas, John, at Bunker Hill, 102, 111.

Thompson, Waddy, and annexation of Texas, 183, 184.

Thomson, Charles, and Washington’s letter on the capitulation of
Cornwallis, 150.

Ticonderoga, battle of, 124.

Ticonderoga, Fort, defence, 123.

_Ticonderoga_ at Lake George, 175, 176, 179.

Tilghman, Lieutenant-Colonel, bearer of despatches to Congress on
surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 149.

Toral, José, surrenders Santiago, 372.

Tories. _See_ Loyalists.

Townshend, Charles, revenue scheme, 90, 93;
tax measures repealed, 91.

Treat, Major, and King Philip’s War, 49, 52.

Treaty of Ghent, 179.

Treaty of Paris, 77.

Treaty of Utrecht, 60, 63.

Treaty of Washington, 343.

Trescot, W. H., on Floyd and reinforcement of forts, 241, 242;
demand for Sumter, 249;
removal to Sumter, 255.

Trist, N. P., mission, 195;
Scott, 195;
first negotiations, 196;
recalled, but negotiates a treaty, 196, 197.

Tryon, William, burns Continental Village, 141.

Twiggs, David Emanuel, at Cerro Gordo, 209;
at Churubusco, 215.

Tyler, John, succeeds to the Presidency, 181.

United States, territorial power, 7–9;
buys Louisiana, 8;
occupies West Florida, 8;
territorial rivalry with Great Britain, 9;
acquires Spanish possession, 11;
independence recognized, 143, 153;
dispute with Spain (1785), 153;
declares war with Great Britain, 155;
with Tripoli, 155;
supremacy on Lake Erie, 172;
treaty with Spain, 180;
war with Mexico, 181;
treaty with Great Britain, 182;
war with Spain (1898), 350.

_United States_ captures the _Macedonian_, 155.

Upham, A. P., and Mexico, 184, 185.

Utah, admission into the Union, 345.

Van Buren, Martin, elected President, 181.

Van Dorn, Earl, destruction of Holly Springs depot, 296.

Vane, Sir Henry, Governor of Massachusetts, 32.

_Velasco_ in Spanish War, 355.

Venezuela boundary dispute, 345, 346.

Vera Cruz captured, 195.

Versailles, Peace of, 153.

Vicksburg, and destruction of Holly Springs depot, 296;
Sherman’s failure, 297;
McClernand’s command, 297;
Grant’s command, 298;
topography, 298, 299;
Confederate force, 299;
Federal force, 299;
tentative operations, 300;
running the batteries, 301;
Grant crosses river below, 302;
Federal victories in rear, 302;
siege, 303, 304;
surrender, 304;
losses, 304;
bombardment, 304_n_.

Villamil, Ignacio de Mora y, at Buena Vista, 202.

_Ville de Paris_, De Grasse’s flag-ship, 146.

Virginia admitted (by proclamation) into the Union, 294.

_Virginia_ affair, 348.

_Virginia._ See _Merrimac_.

Virginia, slavery introduced, 30;
crown colony, 30;
secession, 273.

_Virginius_ captured, 343.

_Vixen_ in Spanish War, 369.

_Vizcaya_ in Spanish War, 359, 371, 372.

Wadsworth, Captain, ambushed, 54.

Walker, Captain, at the battle of Bunker Hill, 111.

Wampanoags (Pocanokets) and King Philip’s War, 44–58.

Ward, Artemas, in command, 99;
at Bunker Hill, 103, 107, 108, 115.

Warner, Colonel, at Ticonderoga, 126, 128.

Warren, Gouverneur K., at Gettysburg, 319, 321.

Warren, James, joins army, 99;
President of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, 108;
a volunteer at the battle of Bunker Hill, 109;
killed, 116.

Washington, admission into the Union, 345.

Washington, George, siege of Boston, 119;
at Trenton, 119;
at Princeton, 119, 121;
at battle of the Brandywine, 119;
at Germantown, 119;
at Morristown, 121;
Philadelphia campaign, 121, 122;
confers with Congress, 123;
confidence in Schuyler, 127;
loss of Philadelphia, 143;
at Williamsburg, 145;
at Yorktown, 147–149;
elected President, 154;
death, 154.

Washington, D. C., seat of government, 154.

_Wasp_ captures the _Frolic_, 155.

Wayne, Anthony, defeats Miami Indians, 154.

Weedon, George, at the siege of Yorktown, 147.

Welles, Gideon, Secretary of the Navy, 291.

West, Captain, bought the site of Richmond, Va., 15.

West Indies, France, Spain, and England, in, 5.

Weyler y Nicolau, Valeriano, in Cuba, 348.

Wheeler, Joseph, in Spanish War, 364.

Whiskey Insurrection in Philadelphia, 154.

Wigfall, L. T., at the surrender of Sumter, 270, 271.

Wilcox, C. M., and Pickett’s charge, 324.

Wilderness, battle of the, 327.

Wilkinson, James, commissioner 143.

Willett, Marinus, at the siege of Fort Schuyler, 129.

William Henry, Fort, captured, 63.

William III., death, 60.

Williams, Major, killed at Bunker Hill, 115.

Williams, Gen. Seth, at Appomattox, 336, 337.

Williams, Roger, purchase of Rhode Island, obtains patent from
Parliament, 42.

Winslow, Josiah, Governor of Plymouth, 52.

Wisconsin, admitted into the Union, 229.

Wolfe, James, expedition against Quebec, 66;
career and character, 66, 67;
forces, 67, 68;
advance, 68, 69;
progress of siege, 72;
illness, 74;
on Plains of Abraham, 75;
death, 76.

Wood, Leonard, and Rough Riders, 362.

Wool, J. E., expedition against Mexico, 192;
at Buena Vista, 200.

Worden, J. L., _Monitor-Virginia_ fight, 278;
story of the fight, 281–284.

“Writs of assistance,” right of search, 83;
legalized, 90.

Wyoming, admission into the Union, 345.

Wyoming Valley massacre, 144.

Yarnell, Lieutenant, courage of, at the battle of Lake Erie, 169, 170.

Yorktown, siege of, 145–150;
British forces, 146;
allied forces, 147;
Cornwallis’s surrender, 149;
results, 150–153.

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