Decisive Battles of America, by Ripley Hitchcock, Ed

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Hitchcock, Ripley, 1857-1918

Title

Decisive Battles of America

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Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

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E151: History: America: United States

Subject

Battles -- United States

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57899

Release Date

September 14, 2018

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DECISIVE BATTLES OF AMERICA
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.DECISIVE BATTLES OF AMERICA — I TERRITORIAL CONCEPTS — European Contests Affecting America, and a Summary of American Expansion — 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
6. 6.II A FIGHT FOR LIFE — The Hundred Years’ War Between Early Colonists and the Indians — CHAMPLAIN’S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN CHAMPLAIN’S BATTLE WITH THE IROQUOIS, 1609, AND THE CONQUEST OF THE PEQUOTS, 1637
7. 7.III THE CONQUEST OF THE PEQUOTS, 1637 — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE CONQUEST OF THE PEQUOTS, 1637, AND THE DEFEAT OF KING PHILIP, 1676
8. 8.IV THE DEFEAT OF KING PHILIP, 1676 — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE DEFEAT OF KING PHILIP, 1676, AND THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC, 1759
9. 9.V THE FALL OF QUEBEC, 1759 — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE CAPTURE OF QUEBEC, 1759, AND THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775
10. 10.VI CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — I — II THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, 1775
11. 11.VII THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775. — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, 1775, AND THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA, 1777
12. 12.VIII THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA, 1777. — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA, 1777, AND THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
13. 13.IX YORKTOWN AND THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS (1781) — I — II THE RESULTS OF YORKTOWN — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781, AND THE BATTLES ON THE LAKES, 1813 AND 1814
14. 14.X THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, 1813
15. 15.XI THE BATTLE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1814 — 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
16. 16.XII THE RUPTURE WITH MEXICO, 1843–1846 — I THE APPROACH OF WAR — II CONQUERING A PEACE (1846–1848)
17. 17.XIII THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA (1847)
18. 18.XIV SCOTT’S CONQUEST OF MEXICO, 1847 — CERRO GORDO — CONTRERAS — CHURUBUSCO — MOLINO DEL REY — CHAPULTEPEC — THE OCCUPATION OF THE CITY OF MEXICO — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO, 1847, AND THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER, 1861
19. 19.XV FORT SUMTER, 1861 — I DRIFT TOWARD SOUTHERN NATIONALIZATION (1850–1860) — II STATUS OF THE FORTS (OCT. 29, 1860–DEC. 20, 1860) — III THE FORT SUMTER CRISIS (DEC. 2, 1860–JAN. 8, 1861) — IV THE FALL OF FORT SUMTER (APRIL, 1861) — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER, 1861, AND THE BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC , 1862
20. 20.XVI THE BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC — I A PRELUDE TO THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN OF APRIL TO JUNE, 1862 — II THE BATTLE DESCRIBED BY CAPTAIN WORDEN AND LIEUTENANT GREENE OF THE MONITOR
21. 21.XVII FARRAGUT’S CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS (1862) — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN FARRAGUT’S CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1862, AND THE BATTLES OF GETTYSBURG AND VICKSBURG, 1863
22. 22.XVIII VICKSBURG (JANUARY–JULY, 1863)
23. 23.XIX GETTYSBURG, JULY 1–3, 1863 — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN THE BATTLES OF GETTYSBURG AND VICKSBURG, 1863, AND APPOMATTOX, 1865
24. 24.XX THE LAST SCENE—APPOMATTOX, 1865 — SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, CHIEFLY MILITARY, BETWEEN APPOMATTOX, 1865, AND THE BATTLES OF MANILA BAY AND SANTIAGO DE CUBA, 1898
25. 25.XXI THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, 1898
26. 26.XXII THE BATTLES OF SANTIAGO, 1898 — I THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IN THE WEST INDIES — II THE LAND CAMPAIGN — III THE DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA’S FLEET — IV THE SPANISH SURRENDER — V CONTROVERSIES CAUSED BY THE WAR
27. 27.FOOTNOTES
28. 28.INDEX
29. 29.Transcriber’s Notes

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