=Brandywine=, battle of, 175.
=Breckinridge=, John C., elected Vice-president, 274;
commands Confederate cavalry, 317.
=Breed's= Hill, fortification of, 159.
=Brier= Creek, battle of, 185.
=Brooklyn= Bridge, construction of the, 347.
=Brown=, John, insurrection led by, 276.
=Bryant=, William Cullen, death of, 343.
=Buchanan=, James, Secretary of State, 261;
elected President, 274;
sketch of, 275;
administration of, 275-277.
=Buckner=, S. B., defends Fort Donelson, 293.
=Buena= Vista, battle of, 264.
=Bull= Run, battles of, 289, 300.
=Bunker= Hill, battle of, 159.
=Burgesses=, House of, organized, 67;
scene in, 152.
=Burgoyne=, Gen., campaign of, 172-175;
surrender of, 175.
=Burnside=, Ambrose E., takes command of Army of the Potomac, 301;
at Fredericksburg, 301;
death of, 356.
=Burr=, Aaron, elected Vice-president, 213;
duel with Hamilton, 217;
schemes of, 217.
=Butler=, Benjamin F., at New Orleans, 296;
at Fort Fisher, 314;
joins Grant at Bermuda Hundred, 316;
nominated for presidency, 349.
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=Cabinet=, the first, 205.
=Cable=, Atlantic, laying of the, 275, 325.
=Cabot=, John, voyage and discoveries of, 41.
=Cabot=, Sebastian, voyage and explorations of, 42.
=Calhoun=, John C., Secretary of War, 244;
elected Vice-president, 247;
for nullification, 251;
death of, 272.
=California=, conquest of, 264;
discovery of gold in, 267;
admission of, 268.
=Californians=, regions inhabited by the, 16.
=Calvert=, Sir Cecil, charter issued to, 123.
=Calvert=, Sir George, in Maryland, 122.
=Cambridge=, named, 81.
=Canadian= insurrection, the, 256.
=Canonchet=, King, violates treaty, 84;
death of, 85.
=Canonicus=, King of the Narragansetts, 107.
=Capitol= of the United States, location of the, 213.
=Carolinas=, history of the, 125-127;
separation of the, 127.
=Caroline=, firing of the, 256.
=Carteret=, Sir George, proprietor of New Jersey, 115.
=Cartier=, James, voyages of, 36, 37.
=Carver=, John, governor of the Pilgrims, 51;
death of, 76.
=Census= of 1790 and 1800, 213;
of 1810, 222;
of 1870, 329;
of 1880, 342;
of 1890, 366.
=Centennial= Exposition, the, 333.
=Centennial= of the Republic, the, 362.
=Cerro Gordo=, battle of, 264.
=Champion Hills=, battle of, 303.
=Champlain=, Lake, discovered, 40;
expedition to, 141;
abandoned by the French, 145.
=Champlain=, Samuel, voyages of, 39, 40;
founds Quebec, 39;
discovers Lake Champlain, 40;
governs New France, 40.
=Chancellorsville=, battle of, 307.
=Chandler=, Zackariah, death of, 343.
=Chapultepec=, battle of, 267.
=Charlesbourg=, Fort, settlement at, 47.
=Charleston=, founded, 128;
British repulsed at, 164;
taken by British, 187;
evacuated, 195;
taken by Sherman, 313.
=Charleston= earthquake, the, 353.
=Charter= Oak, the, 87.
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