=Early=, J. A., invades Pennsylvania, 317; surprises Union camp, 318; defeated at Winchester, 318. =East= India Company, the Dutch, 53. =Edison=, Thomas A., inventor of the telephone and electric light, 347. =Edward=, Fort, built, 141; battle at, 142. =Electoral= Commission, the, 336. =Electric= light, invention of the, 347. =Elizabethtown=, founded, 115. =Emancipation= Proclamation, issued, 302. =Embargo= Act, passage of, 219; repeal of the, 321. =Endicott=, John, governor of Plymouth, 78. =Ericsson=, John, invents the _Monitor_, 294. =Ericsson=, Leif, discovers America, 21. =Ericsson=, Thorwald and Thorstein, 22. =Erie=, Fort, siege of, 236. =Erie=, Lake, battle of, 229. =Esquimos=, regions inhabited by the, 16. =Eutaw= Springs, battle of, 195. =Evarts=, William A., delivers Centennial oration, 333. F =Fair= Oaks, battle of, 299. =Farragut=, Admiral, captures New Orleans, 296; captures Mobile, 314. =Fava=, Baron, Italian minister, 368. =Federalist= party, the, 201. =Field=, Cyrus W., lays Atlantic cables, 275, 324. =Fields=, James T., death of, 343. =Fillmore=, Millard, elected Vice-president, 268; becomes President, 270; administration of, 270-272. =Fisher=, Fort, capture of, 314. =Fishery= award, the, 340. =Fishery= dispute, the, 271. =Fisk=, Clinton B., prohibition candidate for Presidency, 359. =Five= Forks, battle of, 319. =Florida=, origin of name, 27; cession of, 245; admission of, 260. =Force= Bill, introduction of the, 365. =Fort= Charlesbourg, settlement at, 37. ---- Dearborn, surrender of, 225. ---- Donelson, capture of, 293. ---- Du Quesne, built, 138; destruction of, 114. ---- Edward, built, 141; battle at, 142. ---- Fisher, capture of, 314. ---- Jackson, capture of, 296. ---- Le Bœuf, built, 136; arrival of Washington at, 136. ---- McHenry, bombarded, 238. ---- Meigs, building and siege of, 228. ---- Mercer, taken by British, 176. ---- Mifflin, taken by British, 176. ---- Moultrie, bombarded, 164. ---- Nassau, building of, 55. ---- Necessity, built and defended, 138. ---- Stephenson, siege of, 229. ---- St. Philip, capture of, 296. ---- Sumter, fired upon, 282. ---- Venango, built, 136. ---- William Henry built, 142; massacre at, 143. ---- Windsor, building of, 95. =France=, explorers sent from, 35; colony at Fort Charlesbourg, 37; colonizes Florida, 37; settlement at Quebec, 39; aid of, 172; treaty with America, 178; relations with America, 178-186; troubles with, 211; treaty of peace with, 212. =Franklin=, Benjamin, one of Declaration Committee, 165; in France, 178; sketch of, 179; plan of confederation by, 191. =Franklin=, Sir John, Arctic expedition of, 272. =Fredericksburg=, battle of, 301. =Free= Coinage Bill, introduction of the, 365.