Great Events in the History of North and South AmericaGoodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
History
Great Events in the History of North and South America
Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
North America -- History; South America -- History; United States -- History
XII. _Treachery of Arnold._--The Vulture in the Hudson; Midnight
Adventure; Benedict Arnold; Repairs to Cambridge; Expedition
to Canada; Created a Brigadier-general; Grounds of Complaint;
Honorable Conduct in Connecticut; Appointed to the command at
Philadelphia; Charges preferred against him; Reprimanded by
Washington; Plots against his Country; Correspondence with Sir
H. Clinton; Appointed to the command of West Point; Interview
with Andre; Capture of Andre; Arrival of Washington; Escape of
Arnold; Developments of his Traitorous Intentions; Trial and
Condemnation of Andre; Subsequent Incidents in the life of
Arnold, 391
XIII. _Concluding Scenes of the Revolution._--Theatre of War
changed to the South; Siege of Savannah; Battle of Camden;
Battle of Cowpens; Retreat; Subsequent Movements; Battles of
Guilford, Kohkirk's Hill, Ninety-Six, and Eutaw Springs;
Yorktown; Treaty of Peace; Cessation of Hostilities; Army
disbanded; Departure of the British; Final Interview between
Washington and his Officers; Resigns his Commission; Retires
to Mount Vernon, 415
XIV. _Naval Operations._--State of the Naval Affairs of the
Colonies at the commencement of the Revolution; First Naval
Engagement; Measures adopted by Congress to provide a Naval
Armament; Naval Officers appointed; Vessels built; Flag
adopted; Success of American Privateering; Distinguished Naval
Officers; Character of Naval Commanders; Particular
Engagements:--Randolph and Yarmouth; Raleigh and Druid;
Sub-marine Warfare, Le Bon Homme Richard and Serapis; Trumbull
and Watt; Alliance, Atalanta, and Trepassey; Congress and
Savage, 450
XV. _Eminent Foreigners connected with the Revolution._--George
III. King of England; General Burgoyne, Sir Henry Clinton,
Colonel Barre, Charles Townshend, Lord Cornwallis, William
Pitt, Marquis of Bute, George Grenville, Duke of Grafton, Lord
North, Colonel Tarleton, Sir Peter Parker, Sir William
Meadows, Sir Guy Carlton, General Gage, Marquis of Rockingham,
Edmund Burke, Kosciusko, Pulaski, Baron de Kalb, Baron
Steuben, Count Rochambeau, Count D'Estaing, 488
V.--FEDERAL CONSTITUTION.
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