=Farmville=, Virginia. 37N. 78W. Confederates under Lee defeated by Sheridan, 1865 (Civil W.). =Fayette=, Missouri. 38N. 92W. Indecisive action between Federals and Confederates, 1862 (Civil W.). =Fayetteville=, N. Carolina. 35N. 78W. Surrendered to Confederates, 1861; retaken by Gen. Sherman, 1865 (Civil W.). =Filbert Island= (Isle aux Condres), St. Lawrence. 47N. 70W. So named by Cartier, 1535. =Fire Island Beach=, Long Island, N.Y. 40N. 73W. Margaret Fuller (Marchioness d'Ossoli) and her husband and child drowned off, 1850. =Fisher's Hill=, near Woodstock, Virginia. 38N. 78W. Confederates defeated by Sheridan, 1864 (Civil W.). =Five Forks=, Virginia. 37N. 77W. Defeat of Confederates under Lee, March 31-April 1, 1865. =Florida=, U.S. 29N. 82W. The Cabots off, during voyage, 1498-9; discovered and named by Ponce de Leon, who landed on Palm Sunday (Pascua Florida), 1513; expedition to, under Pineda, 1519; disastrous expedition to, under Narvaez, 1528; colonising expedition to, under De Soto, 1539; expeditions sent to by Coligny, 1562, 1564 (see Fort Caroline); St. Augustine f. by Spaniards, 1565, and taken by Drake, 1586; invasion of, under Oglethorpe, 1740; ceded to Great Britain by Treaty of Paris, 1763; invaded by Spaniards, 1779, and Pensacola seized by, 1781; restored to Spain by treaty, 1783; purchased by U.S., 1819, and transferred to, 1821; war with Seminole Indians, 1835-42; admitted to the Union, 1845; seceded, 1861; readmitted, 1868. =Florida=, Missouri. 38N. 92W. Bp. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835-1910). =Fort Bowyer=, Mobile Bay. 30N. 87W. British fleet repulsed, 1814; besieged for two days and surrendered to English, 1815. =Fort Carolina=, St John's R., Florida. 30N. 81W. Small Huguenot colony settled by Ribault, 1562; Laudonnière joins, 1564; attacked and massacred by Spaniards under Menendez, 1565; revenge taken on Spaniards by De Gourges, 1568. =Fort Chambly=, St. Lawrence. 45N. 73W. Captured by Americans, 1775 (W. of Ind.). =Forts Clinton and Montgomery=, Hudson R. 41N. 73W. Taken by Sir Henry Clinton's forces, 1777 (W. of Ind.). =Fort Detroit= (see Detroit). Surrendered by Gen. Hull to the English, 1812. =Fort Donelson=, near Dover, Tennessee. 36N. 87W. Surrendered by Confederates to Gen. Grant, 1862; attack on by, and repulse of, Confederates, 1863 (Civil W.). =Fort Du Quesne=, Penn. 40N. 79W. Built by French on site of present city of Pittsburg, 1754; disastrous expedition against, under Braddock, 1755; taken by English and name changed to Fort Pitt (q.v.), 1758. =Fort Erie=, Ontario. 42N. 78W. Bombarded by English, Aug. 7-15, when the bastion they had taken blew up; a sortie of the defenders, Sept. 17, finally left the victory to the Americans, 1814. =Fort Fisher=, Wilmington, N. Carolina. 34N. 77W. Bombarded and captured by the Federals, 1865 (Civil W.). =Fort Frontenac=, Lake Ontario. 44N. 76W. Garrison surrendered to English, 1758. =Fort George=, see Lake George.