Saybrook, Fort, beleaguered, 37, 38, 40. Schley, W. S., flying squadron, 358; search for Cervera’s squadron, 359–361; battle off Santiago, 370; Sampson controversy, 375. Schuyler, Fort, relief, 129. Schuyler, Philip, command, 120; at Fort Edward, 126; prejudices against, 127; proclamation, 128; superseded by Gates, 131; at Stillwater, 128; and Arnold, 129; exonerated, 143. Schwan, Theodore, in Porto Rico, 373. Scott, Winfield, plan of operations against Mexico, 189; commands Mexican expedition, 194; bribe to Santa Anna, 195; proposed armistice, 195, 196; captures Vera Cruz, 195, 208, 209; Cerro Gordo, 209; Contreras, 211–214; Churubusco, 215–220; Molino del Rey, 220–225; Chapultepec, 225–229; occupies the City of Mexico, 229; advises reinforcement of Charleston Harbor forts, 236; inaccurate statement of forces 237; Fox’s plan of relief, 265; succeeded by McClellan, 273. Sedgwick, John, in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 316. Sedition Act, passage, 154. Seminole War, beginning, 180; termination, 181. Seven Years’ War, beginning, 63. Seward, W. H., purchase of Alaska, 11; Danish West India Islands, 11. Shafter, W. R., Santiago campaign, 363, 364, 365, 369, 372. _Shannon_ captures the _Chesapeake_, 156. Shays’ Rebellion in Massachusetts, 153; suppression, 154. Sheridan, P. H., at Appomattox, 330, 332, 334, 335, 336, 342. Sherman, William T., at Buena Vista, 202, 204, 206; and McClernand, 298; in Vicksburg campaign, 299, 302; march on Atlanta, 327; occupies Charleston, 327. Shields, James, at Vera Cruz, 208; at Contreras, 212; at Churubusco, 217. Sickles, D. E., in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 317. Sigsbee, C. D., in Spanish War, 360. Simmons, Colonel, at Bennington, 131. Six Nations (Indians), in council, 124, 132. Skene, Philip K., Council at Castleton, 127. Slavery, introduced into Virginia, 30; enlistment, 121; importation prohibited, 155. Slidell, John, mission to Mexico, 189; captured, 273. Slocum, H. W., in Gettysburg campaign, 311, 317. Small, Major, at Bunker Hill, 113. Smith, C. H., at Appomattox, 332. Smith, General, at Contreras, 213, 214. Smith, Persifer, at Contreras, 212. Smith, John, on American Indians, 17. Smith, Kirby, at Molino del Rey, 221; at Vicksburg, 299, 304. South Carolina, secession, 231. South Dakota, admission into the Union, 345. Spain, territorial growth in America, 2, 3, 4; loss of territory, 5; and England in America, 6; colonial revolution, 9; cedes claim to Oregon, 9; in Cuba, 345.