I. Birth of Washington.�His Boyhood. II. Washington's Youth.�First Surveying Expedition. III. Rival Claims of the English and the French.�Preparations for Hostilities. IV. Washington's Mission to the French Commander. V. Military Expedition to the Frontier. VI. Misfortunes.�Capitulation of Fort Necessity. VII. A Campaign under General Braddock. VIII. Braddock's Advance.�His Defeat. IX. Washington in Command.�Panics on the Frontier. X. Frontier Service. XI. Operations against the French.�Washington's Marriage. XII. Campaigns in the North.�Washington at Mount Vernon. XIII. Colonial Discontents. XIV. Expedition to the Ohio.�Tea Tax. XV. The First General Congress. XVI. Military Measures.�Affairs at Lexington. XVII. Capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.�Washington appointed Commander-in-Chief. XVIII. Battle of Bunker Hill. XIX. Washington on his Way to the Camp. XX. Siege of Boston. XXI. Projects for the Invasion of Canada. XXII. War along the Coast.�Progress of the Siege. XXIII. Affairs in Canada. XXIV. Incidents of the Camp.�Arnold before Quebec. XXV. Washington's Perplexities.�New York in Danger. XXVI. Attack on Quebec.�Affairs in New York. XXVII. Movements before Boston.�Its Evacuation. XXVIII. Reverses in Canada.�The Highlands.�Close of the Invasion of Canada. XXIX. The Army in New York. XXX. Proceedings of Lord Howe.�Gates and Schuyler. XXXI. The War in the South.�Affairs in the Highlands. XXXII. Battle of Long Island.�Retreat. XXXIII. Retreat from New York Island. XXXIV. Retreat through Westchester County.�Battle of White Plains. XXXV. Washington at Peekskill.�The Northern Army. XXXVI. Capture of Fort Washington and Garrison.�Retreat through New Jersey. XXXVII. Retreat across the Delaware.�Battle of Trenton. XXXVIII. Washington recrosses the Delaware.�Battle of Princeton. XXXIX. The Army at Morristown.�Attack on Peekskill. XL. The Northern Army.�British Expedition to Connecticut. XLI. The Highlands.�Movements of the Army. XLII. Invasion from Canada. XLIII. Exploits and Movements.�Howe in the Chesapeake. XLIV. Advance of Burgoyne.�Battle of Oriskany.�Battle of Bennington. XLV. Battle of the Brandywine.�Fall of Philadelphia. XLVI. The Northern Invasion.�Fall of the Highland Forts.�Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne. XLVII. Battle of Germantown.�Hostilities on the Delaware. XLVIII. The Army on the Schuylkill.�At Valley Forge.�The Conway Cabal. XLIX. Exploits of Lee and Lafayette.�British Commissioners. L. Evacuation of Philadelphia.�Battle of Monmouth Court House. LI. Arrival of a French Fleet.�Massacre at Wyoming Valley.�Capture of Savannah. LII. Washington in Philadelphia.�Indian Warfare.�Capture of Stony Point.�Ravages in Connecticut.�Repulse at Savannah. LIII. Army at Morristown.�Arnold in Philadelphia.�Charleston Besieged. LIV. Discontents in the Army.�Fall of Charleston. LV. Marauds in the Jerseys.�The French Fleet at Newport. LVI. Battle of Camden. LVII. The Treason of Arnold.�Trial and