Constitution, Fort, 139, 140. _Constitution_ captures the _Guerrière_, 155; _Java_, 156. Contreras, battle, 211–214. Continental Congress, adopts Declaration of Independence, 119. Continental Village, burned, 141. Cook, James, pathfinder, 68, 69. Cornwallis, Lord Charles, defeats Gates at Camden, 144; defeats Greene at Guilford Court-house, 144; at Yorktown, 147; situation, 148; surrender, 149. _Correo_, in Spanish War, 355. Cortez enters city of Mexico, 12. _Cristobal Colon_ in Spanish War, 359, 370–372. Cuba, insurrection, 343, 348; desires annexation, 347; southern desire for, 347; Polk’s attempted purchase, 347; “Ostend Manifesto,” 347; Marcy’s attitude, 348; _Virginius_ affair, 348; Grant and, 348; McKinley’s protest, 348; Spain’s reply, 349; blowing up of the _Maine_, 349; Proctor’s speech, 349; war with Spain declared, 350; blockade, 359; Santiago campaign, 362–368; naval battle off Santiago, 369–372; Spanish surrender, 372. Cubans proclaim independence, 345. Culp’s Hill, battle, 320–322. Cushing, Caleb, visit to Pickens, 250. Custer, G. A., in Gettysburg campaign, 311; at Appomattox, 330, 337. Custer massacre by Sioux, 344. Davis, Jefferson, elected President of the Confederate States, 231; capture, 328. Davis, Jefferson C., occupies Castle Pinckney, 247. Decatur, Stephen, destroys the _Philadelphia_, 155; imposes terms upon the Dey of Algiers, 180. Declaration of Independence adopted by Continental Congress, 119. Deerfield Massacre, 48, 49, 60. Delaware River occupied by Swedes, 4. De Ramezay at Quebec, 69. De Riedesel, Baroness, at Behmus’ Heights, 138, 142. De Soto, Fernando, reaches the Mississippi River, 12. _Detroit_ at Lake Erie, 160, 163. Deuxponts, William, Count de, at the siege of Yorktown, 148. Devin, T. C, in Gettysburg campaign, 311; at Appomattox, 330. Dewey, George, preparations for Spanish War, 350; forces, 351; battle in Manila Bay, 352–354; German fleet, 355; capture of Manila, 356; Sampson-Schley controversy, 375, 376. Dickinson, John, on taxation, 90. Diederich, Admiral von, in Manila Bay, 355. Dix, Major, at Buena Vista, 204. _Don Antonio de Ulloa_ in Spanish War, 354, 355. _Don Juan de Austria_ in Spanish War, 355. Donelson, Fort, surrender, 273, 295. Doniphan, A. W., expedition against Mexico, 192. Doubleday, Abner, and removal to Sumter, 252; in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 313. Dred Scott decision, 230. Dundas, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commissioner at the surrender of Cornwallis, 149. Duquesne, Fort, captured, 63. Dutch, founded New Amsterdam, 4; relations with Indians, 25, 26; West India Company, 30. Eagan, C. P., court-martial, 374. _Eagle_ at Lake George, 175, 176, 177, 179. East Florida, Spain cedes claim, 9. Edward, Fort, 126, 127, 128.