Old Block-house, Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, Pa. 18 (From a Painting in the Collection of the Pennsylvania Historical Society) Fort Independence from the Water, Boston, Mass. 26 Floating Hospital in Foreground Fort Independence, Castle Island, Boston, Mass.: Fort Winthrop from Castle Island 30 Main Entrance, Fort Independence 30 Harbor Side, Fort Independence, Boston, Mass. 34 Entrance to Fort Columbus (Fort Jay), Governor’s Island, New York Harbor 36 Fort Sites in Present-day New York City: Fort Washington Point. Fort Lee on Opposite Shore 38 Where Was Fort Amsterdam; the Customs House 38 Fort Lafayette, from Fort Hamilton, New York 45 Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York 51 Interior Views of Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y.: The Mess Hall 62 A Council Room 62 Crown Point, N. Y., in Dead of Winter: Where the Flag Flew 66 The Ruined Barracks 66 The Heights of Quebec 72 (By courtesy of Detroit Publishing Company) Guns, Parade and Ancient Officers’ Quarters, Fort Annapolis Royal, N. S. 84 (By courtesy of The Boston Times) View from Citadel Hill, Halifax, N. S. 94 Old Martello Tower, near Halifax, N. S. 96 Fort Niagara, on Niagara River, N. Y. 114 The South View of Oswego on Lake Ontario 122 (From William Smith’s View of the Province of New York, London Edition, 1757) Fort Michillimackinac and State Park, Mackinac Island, Michigan 137 Old Block-house and Mission Point, Fort Michillimackinac Reservation, Mackinac Island, Michigan 139 Fort Massac, on the Ohio (La Belle Riviere): Memorial Monument, Erected by Illinois Daughters American Revolution 142 From the River 142 Entrance to Fort Putnam, West Point, N. Y., in Winter 148 Showing Tower of New Academy Chapel in Middle Distance Sketch Snap-shots of West Point’s Historic Memorials: Fort Putnam’s Rocky Interior 152 Kosciuszko Monument 152 The North Wall, “Old Put” 152 Fort Constitution (Castle William and Mary), Great Island, near Portsmouth, N. H. 162