Hero Stories from American History: For Elementary SchoolsBlaisdell, Albert F. (Albert Franklin)
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Hero Stories from American History: For Elementary Schools
Blaisdell, Albert F. (Albert Franklin)
United States -- History
Arnold, Benedict, 18.
forfeits his place on the monument at Saratoga, 18.
sends spies into Canada, 20.
given command of the expedition to Quebec, in 1776, 20.
leaves Cambridge, 21.
given an ovation at Newburyport, 21.
reaches the Kennebec, 21.
feasted at Fort Western, 21.
divides his army, 22.
ascends the Dead River, 24.
deserted by Colonel Enos, 24.
reaches the Chaudiere River, 25.
crosses Lake Megantic, 27.
starts down the Chaudiere River, 28.
reaches Sartigan, 28.
arrives at Point Levi, 29.
before Quebec, 30.
joins Montgomery, 30.
leads the attack on Quebec and is wounded, 32.
in the hospital, 34.
lays siege to Quebec, 34.
hears from Washington, 34.
the death knell to the hopes of, 35.
in Virginia, 124.
Articles of Confederation, the, 141.
the defects of, 141-144.
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Bailey, Abigail, married to Daniel Morgan, 110.
Bainbridge, William, 159, 160.
in command of the Constitution, 180.
Barbary pirates, the, 156, 157, 172.
Barton, Colonel, captures General Prescott, 143.
imprisoned for debt, 143.
Bateaux, built for Arnold's expedition, 21.
Bay State, the, Massachusetts, 144, 206, 212.
Beekman mansion, the, Hale a captive of Howe at, 58, 59.
Bennington, Vermont, John Stark defeats the British at, 105.
Boone, Daniel, 1, 2.
Bowditch, Dr., an anecdote of, 206.
Braddock, General, defeated by the French and Indians, in 1755, 107.
Brazil, "Old Ironsides" destroys the British frigate Java off the
coast of, 180.
Bristol, the, a British man-of-war, 45.
Buford, used as a watchword, 101.
Bunker Hill, the battle of, awakens in Lafayette an interest in us,
199.
Lafayette visits, 212.
Burgoyne, marches down the valley of the Hudson, 114.
defeated at Freeman's Farm and at Saratoga, 114.
Burr, Aaron, 22.
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Cahokia, a Creole village in the country of the Illinois Indians, 8.
Calhoun, John C., favors making war on Great Britain, 186.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Arnold's expedition leaves, 21.
Washington's headquarters at, in the Craigie house, 105.
Morgan marches to, 112.
Camden, defeat of Gates at, 90.
Campbell, Lord, royal governor of South Carolina, 37.
injured in the attack on Fort Sullivan, 46.
Campbell, William, rallies the backwoodsmen, 94.
leads the advance at King's Mountain, 101.
Canada, extending to the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, 3. See the map
in Chapter I.
the "back door," 19.
the winters of, 22, 29.
Cape Fear River, the, Clinton sails for, 36.
Carleton, Sir Guy, 19.
leaves Montreal and slips into Quebec, 31.
fortifies Quebec, 31.
Carolina, the, throws shells into the British camp, 190.
Carroll, Colonel, with his riflemen arrives from Nashville, 189.
in the battle of New Orleans, 194.
Carrying places, work at the, 22.
Catalano, the Sicilian pilot, used by Decatur, 162, 164.
Cedars, The, Hale passes a night at, 57.
Champlain, Lake, Lafayette visits, 206.
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