Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Volume 2

Benson John Lossing

Johnson Wilson & Company, 1878 - United States - 1866 pages

Contents

• CONTENTS OF VOL II: 783
• March for Boston 788Fight at West Cambridge 788Panic at Charlestown 788Account: 789
• Rule Abolished 793Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence 794Call for Troops: 795
• CHAPTER XVII: 810
• 818Preparations to Besiege Quebec: 821
• General Hospital 826The Army before Boston 826Committee of Congress 826Insub: 828
• CHAPTER XIX: 834
• Provinces in 1775 837Exciting Scenes in Virginia 838Battle at Great Bridge 838Destruc: 844
• The Royal Greens 852Lady Johnson 852Washingtons Army 852Lee in New York: 853
• CHAPTER XXI: 860
• Paine and His Common Sense 864Independence in Congress and Elsewhere 865Silas: 866
• CHAPTER XXII: 872
• Arrival of British Forces before New York 874Peace Commissioners Foiled 875Lord: 880
• New York 886The United States and France 886Beaumarchais in England 887Com: 890
• Fort Washington 894Prisonships and their Victims: 896
• 904The British Army in New Jersey 904Capture of Hessians at Trenton 905Effects of: 904
• CHAPTER XXV: 911
• The Ministerial Plan 915Aggressive Movements 915State of Public Affairs 918Schuyler: 921
• dition toward Bennington 928Siege of Fort Schuyler 930Battle at Oriskany 930St: 933
• goyne 935Battle on Bemiss Heights 936Bad Conduct of Gates and Bravery of Arnold: 945
• Clintons Stratagem 949Capture of Forts in the Hudson Highlands 949Marauding Expe: 953
• CHAPTER XXIX: 961
• CHAPTER XXX: 973
• chais and the Americans 977A Serious Misunderstanding 977Effects of Burgoynes Sur: 981
• The Mischianza p 985The British Evacuate Philadelphia 987Distress of the Tories: 987
• The American Army 987Oath of Allegiance 988Lafayette outgenerals the British Com: 993
• Major Clarke 1001British Forays 1002The British Invade Georgia 1003Relative Position: 1004
• CHAPTER XXXIII: 1010
• Savannah 1012Battle at Stono Ferry 1012Character of the Invasion 1012British Maraud: 1019
• around Ireland 1025Doings on the American Coast 1026Loss of British Vessels 1026: 1026
• off the Coast of Scotland 1028His Rewards 1032The King and Parliament 1032Ireland: 1035
• DeKalb 1041Gates in Command 1041Exploits of Sumter and Marion and other Parti: 1046
• Hamilton and Miss Schuyler 1050British Invasion of New Jersey 1051Murder of: 1052
• Progress of his Treason 1053Interview between Arnold and André 1054Capture: 1059
• Laurens and a French Loan 1064Articles of Confederation 1065A Bank Established: 1065
• Greene Chased by Cornwallis 1068Battle at Guilford Courthouse 1070Fox and Pitt: 1072
• Augusta 1078Siege of Fort Ninetysix 1078Greene Raises the Siege and Pursues Rawdon: 1079
• Hayne 1080Greene Pursues Stewart 1081Battle at Eutaw Springs 1081Greene Returns: 1088
• Appointed 1093Preliminary Treaty with Great Britain 1093Treaty with Holland 1094: 1094
• Peace 1098Washingtons Farewell Addresses 1099The Two Armies 1099Evacuation: 1100
• and the Result 1021: 1101
• Society of the Cincinnati 1105Weakness of the New Government 1105The Opinions: 1110
• CHAPTER I: 1119
• Visits His Mother 1121His Journey to New York 1121Reception at Philadelphia Trenton: 1128
• CHAPTER II: 1133
• Vermont and Kentucky enter the Union 1139First Census 1139Wars with the Indians: 1140
• with the Revolutionists 1146His Suspicions 1147Jefferson and Hamilton at Variance: 1147
• Citizen Genet and the Republicans 1147Proclamation of Neutrality 1147The Whisky: 1155
• roe in France 1159Refusal to receive an American Minister 1159A Savage Decree 1159: 1159
• Bonaparte in the East 1163New Envoys to France 1163A Conspiracy 1164Bonaparte: 1169
• 1173Condition of the Government 1175Affairs Abroad 1175Difficulties with the Barbary: 1173
• Powers 1175Our Navy 1176War with the Barbary Powers 1176Growth of the Republic: 1180
• cably Settled: 1184
• Embargo Act 1189Tribute to Great Britain Demanded 1189Opposition to the Embargo: 1190
• Napoleon 1192President and Little Belt 1192The Two Navies 1193Trouble with: 1197
• CHAPTER VII: 1199
• Relations 1200Preparations for War 1201Embargo Act 1201War against Great Britain: 1204
• CHAPTER VIII: 1213
• the Victors: 1219
• CHAPTER IX: 1227
• Enthusiasm of the People there 1231Massacre at the River Raisin 1232Fort Meigs Built: 1239
• Battle on the Thames 1244Defeat of the British 1244Michigan Recovered 1245Events: 1250
• Events on Lake Champlain 1254Events on Lake Ontario 1255Expedition against Montreal: 1256
• Jackson Subdues them 1261Naval Events on the Ocean 1262Cruise of the Essex 1262: 1262
• deGrace 1267Norfolk Threatened 1267The British Repulsed 1268Cruelties at Hampton: 1269
• Attack on Oswego 1275Capture of Fort Erie 1275Battle of Chippewa: 1276
• Niagara Falls 1279Attack on Fort Erie 1280A Successful Sortie 1281The Americans: 1283
• 1289Their Doings on the Penobscot: 1290
• Battle at Bladensburg 1293Flight of Civil Officers 1293Mrs Madison 1294Destruction: 1296
• Change in the Theatre of Operations: 1302
• Orleans 1307Defeat and Retreat of the British 1307Honors to Jackson 1308The General: 1311
• CHAPTER XVI: 1317
• Jackson in Florida 1322Doings at Pensacola 1322Florida Added to the Union 1323Mis: 1324
• 1330Wedding the Lakes and the Sea 1331Death of Adams and Jefferson 1332South: 1330
• with Foreign Governments 1340Indemnities Settled 1340Commercial Treaties 1340New: 1341
• General Harrison Elected President 1345Divorce of Banks and State 1345Harrisons: 1348
• CHAPTER XIX: 1354
• Generals Ampudia and Taylor 1357Fort Brown Constructed 1357First Bloodshed 1357A: 1366
• Gordo 1369Flight of Santa Anna 1369Capture of Jalapa Perote and Pueblo 1370A: 1373
• California Seeks Admission into the Union 1378Violent Debates on the Subject of Slavery: 1379
• of Cuba 1383Territory Bought of the Indians 1384Enlargement of the Capitol 1384Kos: 1386
• BOOK VI: 1393
• Buchanans Inaugural Address 1398Events in Kansas 1398The Lecompton Constitution: 1399
• Slave Law and its Operations 1400A Sad Story 1401Opposition of FreeLabor States to: 1408
• Secessionists in Congress 1415Attitude of the President 1415Peace Convention 1416: 1416
• Washington City 1422His Inauguration and Cabinet 1422Preparations for a Struggle: 1422
• President Calls for Troops 1426A Rush for the National Capital 1426Secession Conven: 1430
• ties on the Potomac 1433Events in Western Virginia 1433Battle at Big Bethel 1434Death: 1435
• 1439Battle of Bulls Run 1440Flight from the Battlefield 1442Effects of the Battle: 1442
• CHAPTER V: 1446
• Loyalty of Eastern North Carolinians 1450Events near Fort Pickens and at the Mouth of: 1458
• Pea Ridge 1460Events in New Mexico and Kentucky 1460Buells Army 1462Battle: 1467
• Georgia and Florida 1472Capture of Forts on the Mississippi 1474Capture of New: 1479
• Glendale and Malvern Hill 1484The Army at Harrisons Landing 1486Army of Virginia: 1486
• of the Potomac 1488Popes Campaign in Virginia 1488Battle at Groveton 1488Second: 1497
• pation of the Slaves Proclaimed 1501The Confederate Government 1501Depredations: 1503
• Stonemans Raid 1506Longstreet Repulsed at Suffolk 1508Lees Second Invasion of Mary: 1512
• ters 1516Raid in Western Virginia 1516Rosecrans and Bragg 1516Cavalry Raids in Ten: 1520
• Forrest in Tennessee 1527Condition of National and Confederate Governments and Armies: 1527
• Morgans Career 1532Battles in the Wilderness 1533Military Operations against Rich: 1538
• to Nashville 1543Hood Chased into Alabama 1543Shermans March to the Sea 1543Cap: 1548
• CHAPTER XIII: 1554
• General Grant Elected President 1558State of the Country 1558Pacific Railway 1559: 1559
• CHAPTER XIV: 1567
• Products 1567Mineral Wealth 1570Beginning of Manufactures 1571Early Industries: 1577

Bibliographic information

• Title: Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Volume 2; Volume 2 of Our Country: A Househol History for All Readers, Benson John Lossing; Volume 2 of Our Country: A Household History for All Readers : from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Benson John Lossing; Our Country: A Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Felix Octavius Carr Darley
• Author: Benson John Lossing
• Illustrated by: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
• Publisher: Johnson Wilson & Company, 1878
• Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized: Jul 13, 2010
• Length: 1866 pages