Battles -- United States; United States -- History, Military -- To 1900
_Guerrière_ captured by the _Constitution_, 155.
Halleck, H. W., commander-in-chief, 294;
Grant, 298, 302;
Hooker, 310.
Hamilton, Alexander, at the siege of Yorktown, 148.
Hancock, John, sloop _Liberty_ seized, 91;
riots, 92;
outlawed, 102.
Hancock, W. S., in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 314, 315, 325.
Hardin, Colonel, at Buena Vista, 205.
Harmar, Josiah, expedition, 154.
Harrison, Benjamin, elected President, 345.
Harrison, W. H., and Tecumseh, 155;
elected President, 181.
Harvard College, foundation, 31.
Harvey, John, governor of Virginia, 34.
Hawaii, annexation, 11;
republic, 345;
annexed to the United States, 346.
Hawke, Sir Edward, sea-fight off Quiberon Bay, 64.
Hayes, Rutherford B., awarded Presidency, 344.
Henry, Fort, surrender, 273.
Henry, Patrick, Stamp Act, 87.
Herkimer, General, at the siege of Fort Schuyler, 129.
Herrera, J. J. de, against annexation of Texas, 185.
Higginson, Captain, Porto Rico campaign, 373.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, quoted, 118.
Highlands of the Hudson, defences, 139, 140.
Hill, A. P., in northern invasion, 307, 308;
at Beaver Dam Creek, 313;
at Gettysburg, 317, 320.
Hill, Fort, bastion blown up, 304.
Hobson, R. P., sinking of _Merrimac_, 361.
Holdup, Thomas, at Lake Erie, 167.
Holly Springs, destruction of federal depot, 296.
Honduras, English settlement, 4.
Hooker, Joseph, commands Army of the Potomac, 294;
after Chancellorsville, 306;
Lee’s invasion, 308;
pursuit of Lee, 309;
use of cavalry, 309;
relieved of command, 310, 311.
_Hornet_ captures the _Peacock_, 156.
House of Commons, membership, 85, 86.
Howard, O. O., in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 314, 317.
Howell, J. A., in Spanish War, 358.
Howe, Sir William, arrival at Boston, 102;
in command at Bunker Hill, 106;
at Moulton’s Point, 107;
moves on Breed’s Hill, 111, 113, 115, 116;
repulsed, 112, 113;
bravery, 113;
wounded, 115;
Philadelphia campaign, 122.
Hubberton, battle at, 126, 130.
Hudson Bay Company, incorporated, 43.
Hudson, Henry, ascends the Hudson River, 30.
_Hunter_ at Lake Erie, 163.
Illinois, admitted to the Union, 180.
Independence, Fort, 140, 141.
India, British possession, 66.
Indiana, admitted into the Union, 180.
_Indiana_ in Spanish War, 358, 369–372.
Indians, American, treatment of, 14, 15, 17, 18;
distribution of (map), 16;
land purchases from, 15, 17;
early warfare with, 17, 21;
price on heads, 20;
massacre in Virginia, 21, 22, 24, 30;
period of peace, 21, 22;
King Philip’s War, 22, 23;
treatment of prisoners, 23;
relations with the Dutch, 25;
with the English, 26;
with the French, 27, 28, 29;
praying, 45, 49, 50.
_Infanta Maria Teresa_ in Spanish War, 359.
Inflation Bill vetoed, 344.
Ingalls, Rufus, at Appomattox, 336.
Iowa, admission into the Union, 181.
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