Young Folks' History of the United States

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battles near Spottsylvania, May 9. routed near New Market, May 15. defeat at Piedmont, June 5. 1864. The "Kearsarge" met and sank the "Alabama," June 19. Early invaded Maryland, July 4. Confederate victory on the Monocacy, July 9. Chambersburg sacked and partly burned, July 30. Confederate defeat at Winchester, Sept. 19. Confederate rout at Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22 Union mine explosion before Petersburg, July 30. Union victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5. Sherman began his march against Atlanta, May 7. Sherman's victories before Atlanta, July 20, 28. Sherman captured Atlanta, Sept. 2. Confederate repulse at Franklin, Nov. 30. Union victory at Nashville, Dec. 16. Savannah occupied by Sherman's army, Dec. 21.

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Union victory at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19. Nevada admitted into the Union, Oct. 31 1865. Union victory at Averysborough, March 16. Confederate rout at Bentonville, March 20 Unionists captured Fort Fisher, Jan. 15. Sherman captured Columbia, Feb. 17. Charleston occupied by Union troops, Feb. 18. Wilmington taken by Union troops, Feb. 22,

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President Lincoln assassinated, April 14

Lee surrendered to Grant, April 9. Gen. J. E.
Johnston surrendered to Sherman, April 26.
Jefferson Davis captured, May 10

Union troops occupied Petersburg and Richmond,
April 3.

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Andrew Johnson became President, April 15
Freedmen's Bureau Bill became a law, March 3.
Slavery declared constitutionally abolished, Dec.
18. Conditional amnesty .

1866. Congress passed second Freedmen's Bureau Bill
over veto, July 16

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1867. Congress passed reconstruction bill over veto,
March 2. Congress passed Tenure of Office
Bill over veto, March 2

Nebraska admitted to the Union, March 1. Alaska
purchased, June 20

1868. House of Representatives impeached President
Johnson, Feb. 24. Fourteenth constitutional
amendment adopted, July 28

President Johnson acquitted, May 26

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1873. Grant inaugurated for a second term
1876. Centennial celebration. Colorado admitted. .
Disputed presidential election. Electoral commis-
sion

1869. Ulysses S. Grant became President, March 4
1870. The fifteenth amendment declared adopted
1871. The Alabama treaty concluded, May 6. The great
fire of Chicago occurred Oct. 7, 8, 9

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1877. Rutherford B. Hayes became President, March 5. 334
1879. Resumption of specie payments, Jan. 1 .
1881. James A. Garfield became President, March 4
President Garfield shot and mortally wounded,
July 2

President Garfield died, Sept. 19

Chester A. Arthur became President, Sept. 20
1885. Grover Cleveland became President, March 4
1885. The Civil Service Act becomes a law
1889. Act passed authorizing admission of four new States
on forming a satisfactory State Constitution, Feb. 22
Benjamin Harrison became President, March 4.
Oklahoma lands opened to settlers by proclamation,
April 22 Oklahoma a Territory, May 2.

North and South Dakota admitted to the Union,

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INDEX.

ACADIA, 152.
Acton, Mass., 180.
Adams, John, President, 176, 196,
197, 217, 221, 231, 239, 261.
Adams, J. Q., President, 259, 260,
261, 262, 268.
Adams, Samuel, 172, 179, 182, 221.
Alabama, 234, 255, 257, 289.
"Alabama," The, 312.
Alaska, 325.

Albany, N. Y., 90, 95, 151, 241.
"Albemarle," The, 314.
Alleghany River, The, 150, 152.
Alexandria, Va., 296.
Algonquins, The, 18.

Alien and Sedition Laws, 233.
Allen, Ethan, 68, 183, 229.
Allston, W., 328.

Alton, Ill., 268.

Americus Vespucius, 37.

Anderson, Major Robert, 290.
André, Major John, 210.
Andros, Sir Edmund, 83.

Animals, Extinct, 2.
Annapolis, Md., 173, 295.
Antietam, Md., Battle of, 299.
Antislavery Societies, 265, 268.

Appomattox, Va., Lee's Surrender

at, 318.

Aquidneck, 70.

Arizona, 284.

Arlington Heights, Va., 296.

BACON, NATHANIEL, 139.
Bainbridge, Captain, 237.
Bailey, Colonel, 311.
Balboa, 43.

Ball's Bluff, Va., 297.
Baltimore, Md., 273, 294, 295.
Baltimore, George, Lord, 121.
Baltimore, Cecil, Lord, 121, 122.
Banks, Gen. N. P., 298, 310.
Barré, Colonel, 162, 163.
Baton Rouge, La., 293.
Beauregard, General, 291, 302.
Bennington, Vt., 205.
Berkeley, Governor, 139.
Berkeley, Lord, 99.
Big Bethel, Va., 296.

Blaine, James G., 343.

Blessing of the Bay," The, 84.
Block, Adrian, 71, 91.

Block Island, 79, 91.

"Bonhomme Richard," The, 207,208.

Boone, Daniel, 230.

Booth, Wilkes, 322.

Border Ruffians, 283, 286.

Boston, Mass., 62, 83, 86, 87, 164,
166, 167, 169, 171, 172, 174, 175,
178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 189,
191, 192, 200, 202, 227, 259.

Buell, Gen. D. C., 302.

Buena Vista, Battle of, 275, 276.
Bull Run, Battles of, 296, 299.
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 178,

188, 189, 192, 194, 206.
Burgoyne, General, 205, 206.
Burke, Edmund, 174.
Burns, Anthony, 281.

Burnside, Gen. A. E., 300, 302.
Burr, Aaron, 242, 243.

Butler, Gen. B. F., 295, 303, 304.
Buttrick, Major, 180.

CABOT, JOHN, 40, 41, 51.

183,

Cabot, Sebastian, 38, 40, 41, 42, 51.
Calhoun, J. C., 263, 272.
California, 277, 278, 280, 281.
Calvert, Leonard, 121.

Cambridge, Mass., 86, 87, 136, 174,
184, 189, 191, 200.
Canada, 18, 45, 50, 51, 52, 66,
136, 139, 146, 147, 148.

Canals, 260.

Canonicus, 69.

252, 257, 266, 269, 282, 292, 326,
336, 345.

Centennial Celebration, 330.
Central America, 7.

Cerro Gordo, 276.

Champlain, Lake, 205, 209.
Chapultepec, 276.

Charles River, 115, 179.

Charleston, S. C., 126, 173, 202, 205,
207, 208, 212, 290, 291, 310, 316.
Charlestown, Mass., 62, 178, 179,
184.

Charlestown, Va., 288.

Charters, 52, 82, 84, 101, 110, 130,

160.

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95,

Columbia River, 246, 247, 253, 273.

Castle, William, 169, 191.
Cedar Creek, Va., Battle of, 312.
Cedar Mountain, Va., Battle of, 299.
Census of United States, 231, 234,

Columbia, District of, 280.

"Columbia," The, 246.

"Common Sense," 195.

Compromise Measures, 280.

Concord, Mass., 179, 180, 181, 198.
Confederacy, The, 297.
Confederation, The, 214, 215.
Congress, Continental, 164, 176, 189,
194, 200.

Connecticut, 66, 71, 72, 73, 83, 84,
87, 96, 137, 148, 159, 165, 183,
196, 268.

Connecticut River, 92.

Cushing, Mrs., 164.

EARLY, GEN. JUBAL, 312.
East Cambridge, Mass., 179.
Elberon, N. J., 341.
Electoral Commission, 333-
Eliot, Rev. John, 136.
Elizabethtown, N. J., 99.
El Molino del Rey, 276.
Ellsworth, Colonel, 296.

Emancipation Proclamations, 305,
306.

Embargo, The, 236.

Cuttyhunk, Mass., Settlement at, 51. Emerson, R. W., 328.

Endicott, John, 61, 74.

English, William H., 340.

DAHLGREN, ADMIRAL, 315.
Dare, Virginia, 52.

Dark and Bloody Ground, The, 230.
"Daughters of Liberty," 173.
Davis, Capt. Isaac, 180.

Davis, Jefferson, 290, 317, 318.
Debt, National, 318, 326.
Decatur, Lieutenant, 237, 238.
Declaration of Rights, 164.
Declaration of Independence, 194,
197, 199, 202, 213, 216, 228, 232,
235, 261.

Deerfield, Mass., 146, 147.
De Kalb, General, 204.
Delaware, 93, 105, 106, 108, 159.
De la Ware, Lord, 106, 117.
Delaware River, 108, 203, 241.
Democratic Party, 221, 235, 267, 273,
282, 285, 331.
De Soto, 230, 244.
Detroit, Mich., 157, 158, 249.
Dighton Rock, 26.
Doniphan, Colonel, 277.
Dorchester, Mass., 62.
Dorchester Heights, 183, 192.
Dorr War, The, 270.
66 Dove," The, 121.
Dover, N. H., 66.
Dred Scott Decision, 285.
Druilletes, Father, 136.
Dudingston, Lieutenant, 169.
Dupont, Admiral, 310.
Duston, Thomas, 144.

Dutch Times in New York, 88.

Ericsson, Captain, 301.
Erie Canal, The, 260.
"Essex," The, 250.
Everett, Edward, 265.
Everglades, The, 263, 264.

FAIRBANKS, JONAS, 78.
Fair Oaks, Battle of, 298.
Fall River, Mass., 26, 137.
Faneuil Hall, 172.

Farragut, Admiral, 303, 313.
Fifteenth Amendment, The, 326.
Fillmore, Millard, President, 280.
Fitch, John, 241.

Five Nations, The, 127, 150.
Flag, United States, 199.

Florida, 42, 47, 52, 77, 126, 128.
129, 253, 254, 263, 264, 289, 331.
"Flying Machine," The, 106.
Flynt, Alice, 78.

Forrest, General, 311.

Fort Donelson, 302.

Fort Du Quesne, 152, 154, 177.

Fort Fisher, 316.

Fort Hatteras, 297.

Fort Moultrie, 290, 291.

Fort Pillow Massacre, 311, 319.
Fort Pulaski, 302.

Fort St. George, 53.

Fort Sumter, 290, 291, 293.
Fort Wagner, 310.
Fortress Monroe, 236.
Foster, General, 315.

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