Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861, and the Battle of the _Monitor_ and _Merrimac_, 1862. CHAPTER XVI THE BATTLE OF THE “MONITOR” AND THE “MERRIMAC” 274 I. A PRELUDE TO THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN OF APRIL TO JUNE, 1862 By _James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D._ Author of “The Appeal to Arms” and “The Outcome of the Civil War.” II. THE STORY TOLD BY CAPTAIN WORDEN AND LIEUTENANT GREENE OF THE “MONITOR” 279 By _Lucius E. Chittenden_. Author of “Recollections of Lincoln.” CHAPTER XVII FARRAGUT’S CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1862 288 WITH SOME NOTES ON THE BLOCKADE By _James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D._ Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Farragut’s Capture of New Orleans, 1862, and the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 1863. CHAPTER XVIII VICKSBURG, JANUARY–JULY, 1863 295 By _James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D._ CHAPTER XIX GETTYSBURG, JULY 1–3, 1863 306 By _James Kendall Hosmer, LL.D._ Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 1863, and Appomattox, 1865. CHAPTER XX THE LAST SCENE--APPOMATTOX, 1865 329 TOLD BY ONE WHO WAS PRESENT By _Gen. G. A. Forsyth, U. S. A._ (Retired). Author of “Thrilling Days in Army Life.” Synopsis of the principal events, chiefly military, between Appomattox, 1865, and the Battles of Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba, 1898. CHAPTER XXI THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, 1898 347 CHAPTER XXII THE BATTLES OF SANTIAGO, 1898 357 I. THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR IN THE WEST INDIES II. THE LAND CAMPAIGN III. THE DESTRUCTION OF CERVERA’S FLEET IV. THE SPANISH SURRENDER V. CONTROVERSIES CAUSED BY THE WAR By _John Halladay Latané, Ph.D._, Professor of History, Washington and Lee University. Author of “America as a World Power.” INDEX 379 ILLUSTRATIONS WATCHING THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL _Frontispiece_ _Facing p._ INDIANS ON THE WARPATH 20 CHAMPLAIN’S ATTACK ON AN IROQUOIS FORT 28 THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM ON THE MORNING OF THE BATTLE 70 BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE 166 GENERAL SCOTT’S ENTRY INTO THE CITY OF MEXICO 194 BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA 202