Spanish War, causes, 347–349; war declared, 350; Dewey at Manila, 351–356; naval preparation, 357; comparative naval forces, 358, 359; blockade of Cuba, 359; Santiago campaign, 360–369; maps, 367, 371; naval battle, 369–372; surrender, 372; Porto Rico campaign, 373; capture of Manila, 373, 374; army investigation, 374; Sampson-Schley controversy, 375, 376. Specie Payment, resumption, 344. Speedlove, Major, killed at Bunker Hill, 115. Spottsylvania Court-house, battle, 327. Stamp Act, proposed, 84; first reception of proposal, 85; resistance, 88; repeal urged, 89; repealed, 89. Stanwix, Fort, siege, 129. Stanwix, John, sent to succor Pittsburg, 73; built Fort Pitt, 74. Stark, John, joins army, 99; at Medford, 103; at Bunker Hill, 107, 116; insubordination, 130; at Bennington, 130, 131; censured by Congress, 134; promoted, 135. _Star of the West_ expedition, 256. Stillwater, battle of, 119. Stockton, R. F., in California, 192. Stuart, J. E. B., and Lee’s northward march, 309; raid during Gettysburg campaign, 309, 310; Gettysburg, 323. Stuyvesant, Peter, and Swedish settlers, 42. Sumter, Fort, condition, 240, 244; state demands, 248; Anderson removes to, 251–253; flag-raising, 254; _Star of the West_ expedition, 256; armament, 262; bombardment, 267; surrenders, 271. “Swamp Fight,” King Philip’s War, 52, 56. Swedes occupy the Delaware River, 4. Sykes, George, in Gettysburg campaign, 311. Tarenteens (Eastern Indians), and King Philip’s War, 50. Tarleton, Banastre, at the siege of Yorktown, 147. Taylor, Dick, at Vicksburg, 304. Taylor, H. C., in Spanish War, 363. Taylor, Zachary, at Buena Vista, 182; in Texas, 186; advances to Rio Grande, 187; first skirmish, 188; captures Monterey, 193; plans against City of Mexico, 194; at Buena Vista, 194, 198–207; elected President, 229; death, 230. Telephone, invention, 344. Tennessee, admission into the Union, 154; secession, 273. Territory, European claims in America, 2, 4, 5, 6; map of growth, 3; of the United States, 7–12. _Texas_ in Spanish War, 358, 370, 371. Texas, rival claims, 9; annexation, 10; republic proclaimed, 181; revolution, 181; admission into the Union, 181; annexation, 183; cause of Mexican War, 184; secession, 231. Thirty Years’ War, result, 4. Thomas, John, at Bunker Hill, 102, 111. Thompson, Waddy, and annexation of Texas, 183, 184. Thomson, Charles, and Washington’s letter on the capitulation of Cornwallis, 150. Ticonderoga, battle of, 124. Ticonderoga, Fort, defence, 123. _Ticonderoga_ at Lake George, 175, 176, 179. Tilghman, Lieutenant-Colonel, bearer of despatches to Congress on surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 149. Toral, José, surrenders Santiago, 372.