HEROES OF THREE WARS: COMPRISING, A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, THE WAR WITH MEXICO, AND THE WAR FOR THE UNION, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED BY THEIR VALOR TO ESTABLISH AND PERPETUATE THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES by Glazier, Captain Willard - 1880

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Glazier was a Lieutenant in the 26th NY Cavalry during the Civil War. He writes this volume of sketches from the three most prominent American wars up to that time. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Ancestral Lines.-Saxon Origin of Name.-Family Coat of Arms.--Emigration to Virginia.- Birth and Childhood.-School Life.-The Young Surveyor.-Commissioned Major.-A Six-Hundred-
Mile Journev.-Battle at Fort Necessity. - Bra Idock's Defeat and Death.- Falling in Love.-Marriage with the Widow Custis.-Opening Scenes in the Revolution.--. Appointed Commander in-Chief.-Meeting the Army at Cambridge.-The Declaration. The Long, Long War.- Retreat Through the Jerseys.-Crossing the Delaware. -Battle of Princeton.-Monmouth.--Close of the Revolution.-Farewell to Companions-in-Arms.-As President of the United States.

CHAPTER II.
JOSEPH WARREN.
Birthplace of Warren.-School Days.-Graduation at Harvard.-Studying Medicine. -Warren as a Physician.-The Sons of Liberty." -Warren's Activity in Politics.- Boston Massacre.-Oration at the Old South Church.-Liberty's Advocate. The Tea Party.-Faneuil Hall Meeting.-Fourth Anniversary of Boston Massacre.-Second Oration.-Fears of Assassination.-The Crisis Met.-Paul Revere's Ride.- Warren's Presentiment.--Battle of Bunker Hill.-Death of Warren.-"'Tis Sweet for One's Country to Die."-Honors to his Memory.-Bunker Hill Monument.

CHAPTER III.
NATHANIEL GREENE.
Birthplace and Ancestry.-Work at the Plough and the Anvil.-Studying Euclid over the Forge. Education under Disadvantages.-Lindley Murray and Dr. Styles.- Love of the Dance.-Ingenious
Shingle Device.--Marriage. On the Road to Lexington.--Made a Major-General. --Expelled from the Quakers.--Sick in Camp-At Trenton.-The Brandywine.-Greene's Bravery.-Germantown.
-The Fight through the Fog. -Valley Forge and Monmouth.-The Army of the South.-The Long Chase of Cornwallis.-Siege of Ninety-six.-Retirement.

CHAPTER IV.
LAFAYETTE.
Noble Lineage of the Marquis.-Early Surroundings.-A Member of the King's Regiment.--Commissioned at Fifteen.-Marriage.--The Dinner at Metz.-Noble Resolve.-Preparations to Sail for America. Obstacles Everywhere.- Voyage of the "Victory."-Arrival.-Home of Benjamin Huger.-Journey to Philadelphia.-Fighting for Liberty. - Battle of Brandywine.-Services in the
Revolution.-Arnold and Lafayette.-Return to France.- Visit to the United States.-Terrors of the French Revolution.-Flight and Imprisonment.-The Magdeburg Dungeon.-Liberated by
Napoleon.-Visit to the United States in 1824.-Joyful Welcome.--The Citizen King of the French.-Last Days of Lafayette.

CHAPTER V.
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
Ancestry of Putnam.-Boyhood Days. -Marriage.-Removal to Pomfret.-Adventure with the Wolf.-Seven Years' War.-Putnam in Command of a Company.-Adventures along the Hudson.
-Surprised by Indians.-Down the Rapids.- Indian Superstition.-Putnam at the Stake.-The Rescue.-The Guns of Lexington.-The Plow Exchanged for the Sword.-Murray Hill and the
Quakeress.-Putnam's Rapid Rise in the Army.-Ruse at Princeton.-Escape at Horseneck.-Paralysis.-The Last of Earth.--Eulogiums.

CHAPTER VI.
ETHAN ALLEN.
Birthplace of Allen.-The New Hampshire Grants.-The Green Mountain Boys.-Ethan Allen a Leader.-Price on his Head.-Allen's Fearlessness.--The Revolution.-Capture of Ticonderoga.
-Benedict Arnold's Part in the Affair.-Allen in Canada.-The Army of Invasion.--Plans for the Capture of Montreal. The Fatal Snare.-Allen a Prisoner.-Brutal Treatment by British
Officers.-In Falmouth, England.-The Gentlemen of Cork.-Exchanged.-Liberty and the Green Mountains Once More.-Joyful Welcome.-Allen Again Fighting the Battles of Young
Vermont.-Review of his Character.

CHAPTER VII.
FRANCIS MARION.
The Huguenot Blood of Marion.-Boyhood Days.-Early Adventures. The Shipwreck.-Battle with Cherokee Indians.-Marion Leads the Forlorn Hope.-The Bloody Pass.He Leaves Congress for the Army.-Fame of Marion's Men.-Battle around Savannah.-The Williamsburg Band.-Marion's Brigade. The Camp in the Swamp.-Successful Surprises.-The Dinner in the
Woods.-Tarleton and the Swamp-Fox.-Song of Marion's Men.-Fighting for Liberty without Clothes or Food.-Marriage.-Closing Scenes.

CHAPTER VIII.
JOHN PAUL JONES.
The Sailor-Boy of Solway Frith.-Ancestry.-Boyish Pursuits. His First Voyage.--Rapid Rise in the Marine Service.--In Virginia.-America his Adopted Country.-Created an Officer of the
United States.-Adventures on the Sea.-The Terror of the English.-Action of the "Bon Homme Richard" and "Serapis."--Glorious Generalship.-Surrender of the English Ship-Fame
of the Chevalier Paul Jones.-The Gold Sword and the Cross of Merit.-American Prisoners Liberated.-At the Courts of Denmark and Russia.-Last Days of the Hero.

CHAPTER IX.
THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO.
Early History of Kosciuszko.-Education in the Art of War.-An Affair of the Heart.-Exile.-Position on Washington's Staff.-Siege of Ninety-Six.-Service in Poland.-Dictator' and General-
issimo.-Battle of Raczlawice.-Victory Followed by Defeat.-Decisive Battle of Maciejowice.-Overwhelmed by Superior Numbers.-" Finis Polonæ!"- Imprisonment.-- Freedom Re-
gained.-Retirement at Fontainebleau.-The Fall from the Precipice.-Closing Scenes.

CHAPTER X.
HUGO MERCER.
The Moors of Culloden.-The Assistant-Surgeon of the Highland Army.-Emigration to Pennsylvania.- Indian Wars.-Wounded and Alone.-Outbreak of the Revolution.-The Fredericksburg Home.-Farewells.-Days of '76.-First Campaign.-A Gloomy Time.-Influence of Washington.-Across the Delaware.- Affairs in Philadelphia.-Putnam's Order.-Hasty Adjournment of Congress.-Change of Policy.--Attack on Trenton.-Victory.-The
Night March on Princeton.-Desperate Fighting.-Ten to One.-Mercer Mortally Wounded.-The Farm-House Scene.-Last Moments.-Victory and Death.

CHAPTER XI.
ANTHONY WAYNE.
Birth and Ancestry.-Youthful Bent Towards Military Studies.-Marriage.--Beginning of Public Life.- In the Legislature.-Commissioned as Colonel.-- Expedition to Canada. - At Brandy-
Monmouth.-Storning of Stony Point.-Splendid Victory.-Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line.-Investment of Yorktown.-War with the Indians.-Peace Commissioner.-Death at Presque
Isle.-Monument of the Cincinnati.

CHAPTER XII.
JOHN STARK.
Chivalrous Character of Stark.-Incident of Bunker Hill.Birthplace and Early Life.-The Young Hunter.-On a Trapping Excursion.-Captured by the Indians.-On the Way to St. Francis.-Running the Gauntlet.--Admiration of the Tribe for the White Hunter.-He is made a Chief.- Seven Years' War.--NewIlanıpshire Rangers.-Battle in the. Snow.-Brilliant Fighting of Stark.-Promoted.-The Guns of Lexington.-The Muster at Medford.- Advance on Trenton.-Princeton.-Re-enlistment.-
Popularity of Stark.-Under a Cloud.-Defence of Vermont.-Battle of Bennington.-Close of the War.--1812.-The Warrior's Last Sleep.

CHAPTER XIII.
WINFIELD SCOTT.
Lineage and Early Life.-A Captain of Artillery.-Court-Martialled. - Queenstown Heights. - Tomahawks.-Fort George.-Battle of Chippewa.-Lundy's Lane.-Wounded.-Public En-
thusiasm.--Through a Score of Years.-War in Mexico.--VeraCruz.-"Don't Expose Yourselves, Men!"-Cerro Gordo.-At Puebla.- Churubusco. Contreras.- Chapultepec.- Molino del
Rey.-City of Mexico Taken.-Grand Plaza Scene.-Results.-"Hail to the Chief!"

CHAPTER XIV.
ZACHARY TAYLOR.
His Characteristics.-Duty, his Constant Watchword.-Lineage.--Early Plantation Life.-Indian Foes.-Lieutenant in the United States Army.-At Fort Harrison.-Battle with Tecumseh.-
Brevet Major.-The Florida War.-Okeechobee.-Ordered to Corpus Christi.-Palo Alto.-Resaca de la Palma.-Promoted to Major-General.--At Monterey.--Bloody Buena Vista.-Colonel
Marshall's Opinion.-General Taylor's Dislike for a Uniform.-Ovations on his Return.-Elected President.-Stern Death.-Last Scenes.-Universal Sorrow.

CHAPTER XV.
WILLIAM JENKINS WORTH.
Early Life.-The War of 1812.-At West Point.-The Seminole War. With Taylor in Mexico.-At Monterey.--Given an Independent Command.- Description of the Assault.-His General-
ship.Storming of Federacion Hill.-Conducting the Capitulation. At Vera Cruz.-Perote and Puebla.--Capture of El Molino del Rey.--Storming of Chapultepec.-Brevetted Major-
General.-Monument in Madison Square.

CHAPTER XVI.
JOHN E. WOOL.
War of 1812.-Wool's Volunteer Corps.-Captaincy in the Thirteenth.-Bravery at Queenstown.-Death of General Brock."--Battle of Plattsburg.-Promoted for Gallantry.-Letter frons
President Madison. -Another Promotion.--Mexican War.-The March to Monclova.-Capture of Parras.-The Mission of Mercy.-Buena Vista.-Wool Entrusted with the Details.-Birthplace.- Where he Died.--Fortress Monroe.-Hic Jacet.-The Chief's War Horse.-Military Funeral,

CHAPTER XVII.
SAM HOUSTON.
Early History.-Scotch Ancestry.-Birthplace.-School Days in the Forest.-Hard Work on the Farm.--Homer's Iliad.--Off to the Woods.-Among the Cherokees.-Military Service. The Soldier under Jackson.-Battle of the Horse-Shoe.-Desperate Bravery.-Wounded.--Promotion.-Role as a Lawyer.-Rises Rapidly to Distinction.-The Domestic Cloud.-Return to the Forest.--Emigration to Texas.-Houston as General.-Massacre of the Alamo.-Battle of San Jacinto.-The Young Republic and her President.-Annexation. In the United States Senate.-Houston as Governor.-Last Days.

CHAPTER XVIII.
JAMES SHIELDS.
The Land of his Nativity.-First Army Experience.-The Mexican War-cloud.-Promotion.-The March through Mexico.-At Cerro Gordo.-Brilliant Achievement.-Wounded unto Death.---
The Storming of Contreras.-Aid to Smith.-A Generous Piece of Conduct.-Chapultepec.-Under a Galling Fire.-Refuses to Leave the Field though Wounded.-His Return to the United
States.-The War of Rebellion.--The Spring of '62.-Defeat of Stonewall" Jackson.-Leaving the Army.

CHAPTER XIX.
CHARLES MAY.
Colonel May a Native of Washington.-Commissioned a Lieutenant by President Jackson.-Ordered to Florida.-Participates in the War.-Joins General Taylor.-Co-operates with Captain Walker, Capture of the Indian Chief Philip.-Opening of the Mexican-Famous Charge at Resaca de la Palma.-Gallant Conduct at Buena Vista.-Returns to the United States.

CHAPTER XX.
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
The Grants of the Early Scotch Monarchy.-Family Crests.-Direct Ancestry. - Boyhood.--- Feats of Horsemanship. -Loading Wood.-Old "Dave" and Young Ulysses.-At West Point.--Experience in Mexican War.-Marriage.-Resigns His Commission.--In the Leather Business.-Beginning of Last War.-Recruiting a Company.-Battle of Belmont.--Cairo Expedition.-Fort Donelson. - Shiloh.- Vicksburg. - Chattanooga.- Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain.-Opinions of a Sachem.--The Last Campaign. - Lee's Surrender. - Elected and Re-elected President.

CHAPTER XXI.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN.
Distinguishing Characteristic of Political Revolutions.-Birth of General Sherman.-Suddenly Left an Orphan.-Adopted by Hon. Thomas Ewing.-Sent to West Point.-Ordered to Califor-
nia.-Becomes a Banker.-Is Made President of the Louisiana Military Academy.-Opposed to Secession.- Tenders his Resignation. Assists in Organizing Troops for the Suppression of the
Rebellion.-At Bull Run.-At Shiloh, Pittsburgh Landing, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge.-Defeats Hood.- From Atlanta to the Sea.-Campaign of the Carolinas.-Receives the Surrender
of Johnston.-Enthusiastic Reception at Washington.

CHAPTER XXII.
PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN.
Impetuosity of Character.-A Poor Irish Boy.-At West Point -Wild Conduct.-Graduation.-Service in Western Territories, Captain of the Thirteenth Infantry:-Quarter-master under Hals
leck.- As a Cavalry Officer.-Battle of Booneville.- Promotion to Brigadier-General.-Murfreesboro'.-At Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.-In Pursuit of Early.--Cedar Creek.-Sheri.
dan's Ride.-The Victory.-At Five Forks and Appomattox.--After the War.

CHAPTER XXIII.
GEORGE BRINTON MCCLELLAN.
Birth and Education.-In the Mexican War.--Services in Surveys of Railroad Routes.-A Model Report.-Sent to the Crimea.-Superintendent of the Illinois Central.-Response to Governor
Dennison.-Over the Department of the Ohio.-Virginia Campaigns.-In Command of the Army of the Potomac - Movement to the Peninsula.--Siege of Yorktown.-Army Withdrawn.-McClellan's Letter.- Again in Command of the Potomac Army.-South Mountain and Antietam.-Relieved of his Command at Warrenton.-Nominated for the Presidency.-In Europe.-Governor of New Jersey.

CHAPTER XXIV.
AMBROSE EVERETT BURNSIDE.
His Scotch Blood.-Graduates at West Point.-In New Mexico.-As an Inventor.-Marching to the Front.-At Bull Run.-Promotion.-In Command of the North Carolina Expedition.-Capture of Newbern, Fort Macon and Beaufort.-At Antietam,-Slaughter at Fredericksburg.-Tenders his Resignation.-Brilliant Capture of East Tennessee. - Before Petersburg. -Elected Governor of Rhode Island.-In Congress.

CHAPTER XXV.
GEORGE HENRY TIIOMAS.
A Second Washington.- Birth and Education.- Promotion for Bravery.- In Mexico. - Prompt Response at the Outbreak of Civil War.-The Battle of Mill Spring.- Declines to Supersede
Buell.--At Murfreesboro'.-Chickamauga.Position of Troops Under Thomas.-Their Firm Stand.-"The Rock of Chickamauga."-At Chattanooga.-The Atlanta Campaign.-Grant's
Telegram.-Battle of Nashville.-Thanks of Congress and Gold Medal.-End of the War.-Goes to the Pacific Coast.

CHAPTER XXVI.
JOSEPH HOOKER.
Lookout Mountain.-The Battle Above the Clouds. The Splendor of Victory.-The Strange Thanksgiving Day.-Taylor's Description.-The Old Flag at the Top.-General Howard in Lookout Valley.-Hooker at Chattanooga.-The Peninsular Campaign.-"Fighting Joe."_Wounded.-Chief in Command.-Chancellorsville.-The Atlanta Campaign.-Promotion of Howard.-Hooker Resigns in Consequence.-Mustered out of Service.

CHAPTER XXVII.
GEORGE GORDON MEADE.
Ancestry.-A Fragment of Eventful History.-Birth in Spain.-At West Point.-In the Florida War.- In the Mexican War.-His part in the Peninsular Campaign.-At Antietam.-In Command of the Army of the Potomac.-A Remarkable Order.At Gettysburg.-The Desperate Last Effort.-His Report.-Congratulatory Address. Thanks of Congress. Advance to the Rappahannock.-Close Friendship between Meade and Grant.-Over the Atlantic Department.-Death in Philadelphia.

CHAPTER XXVIII.
HENRY WARNER SLOCUM.
Birth and Education.- A Lawyer in Syracuse.-On the War-Path.-- In the Chickahominy.-At Antietam, South Mountain and Chancellorsville.--The Field of Gettysburg.-The Repulse of
Ewell's Troops.-In Tennessee.-Commanding the Vicksburg District. -The Georgia Campaign. - Marching through the Enemy's Country.-Battle of Bentonville.-A Splendid Fight.-Genius of Slocum.

CHAPTER XXIX.
JAMES BIRDSEYE MCPHERSON.
His Ability.-Ancestry and Early Life.-Superior Scholarship at West Point.-In New York Harbor.-On the Pacific Coast.-Sent to Boston Harbor.-Slow Promotion.-On Halleck's Staff.-Services at Forts Henry and Donelson.-Engineering Work at Corinth. - His First Independent Command. - Vicksburg.-Grant's Endorsement.With Sherman.-In Command of the Army of the Tennessee.-Postponement of Marriage.-March to the Sea.-Battle with Hood.-His Death.-Grant's Letter.

CHAPTER XXX.
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
The Brilliant Charge at Williamsburg.-Popular Favor.-Birth and Early Training.--In the Mexican War.-The Florida Campaign.-Ordered to Washington.- At Antietam.--Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. - His Stand at Gettysburg. Cemetery Hill.--Wounded.-In the Last Grant Campaign.-- Battle at ElvisFord. Assault of May Twelfch.-Capture of Stuart.--Decline
to Take Your Hand."--In Charge of the Veteran First Corps In the Shenandoah Valley.-Characteristics.

CHAPTER XXXI.
JOHN CHARLES FREMONT.
The Hundred Days in Missouri. -Birth and Early Life.-On Board the "Natchez."Beginning to be an Explorer.-Marriage with Jessie Benton.-Westward Ho!-Discoveries.-Conquest of California.- Across the Continent.-Senator from California. In Command of the Western Department.-Causes of Removal.--Presidential Candidate.-An Extraordinary Ride.-What He Achieved.

CHAPTER XXXII.
OLIVER OTIS HOWARD.
The Christian Soldier.- Early Life.-Off to the Wars.-Bravery in Battle.---Loss of an Arm.--Antietam.-Fredericksburg.-Chancellorsville.-Gettysburg.-The Atlanta Campaign.-Chief of the
Army of the Tennessee.-Convalescence.--His Religious Convictions.-Story of a Wagon-Master.-In Charge of the Freedman's Bureau. --Sherman's Letter.

CHAPTER XXXIII.
DAVID GLASCOE FARRAGUT.
The Power of the Navy.--Early Years of Farragut.-Remarkable Instance of Boyish Bravery.-Forty-eight Years of Quiet Life.-Union Sentiments.- Extract from Private Letter.-Castilian
Ancestry.-Naval Combats on the Mississippi.-Capture of New Orleans.-The Bay Fight at Mobile.-Lashed to the Mast in the "Hartford."--Official Tour of European Ports.-Personal Habits of Farragut.

CHAPTER XXXIV.
FRANZ SIGEL.
Early Military Education and Career.-Espousal of the Cause of the Revolutionists.--Exiled.- Arrival in the United States.-Life Previous to the War.-A Volunteer in the Union Army.-His Military Ability.-At Wilson's Creek.-The Battle of Pea Ridge.-Fighting Against Enormous Odds.--Splendid Skill Exhibited by Sigel.-Difficulties with Halleck. - New York Indignation Meeting.--In Command at Harper's Ferry.-Battle of Newmarket.-Close of Military Career.

CHAPTER XXXV.
HUGH JUDSON KILPATRICK.
Born for the Cavalry.- Romance of Early Life.-Married on the Eve of Going to the Front.--Her Name on his Banner.-Big Bethel.-Wounded.-To the Front again.-Falmouth Heights.-Kilpatrick's First Famous Raid.-Brandy Station - Men of Maine, Follow Me!"-Aldie.-Gettysburg.--Night Battle at Monterey.-New Baltimore.-Attempt to Rescue Prisoners.-Atlanta Campaign.-Resaca.-Wounded.-Georgia Campaign.-Waynesboro'.-At Savannah.-Sherman's Letter.- Promotion,
-In the Carolinas.-Close of the War.

CHAPTER XXXVI.
PHILIP KEARNY.
Birthplace. Where Educated.-In Europe.-Fighting Abroad.-Honors. Participates in the Mexican War.-Loss of an Arm.-In Europe Again.-At Magenta and Solferino.-At the Front in our Last War.-Bravery at Williamsburg. - Promotion.-Kearny's Power over his Men.-The Battle of Chantilly.- Death's Sad Eclipse.-"Lay Him Low."

CHAPTER XXXVII.
NATHANIEL LYON.
Of Soldier Ancestry.-Early Childhood.-Graduates at West Point,-In the Mexican War.-On the Frontier.-Rescue of the St. Louis Arsenal.-Given the Chief Command in Missouri.--At Wilson's Creek.-Fighting Against Terrible Odds.-Twice Wounded.-The Last Charge.-Lyon's Fall.-His Civilian's Dress, Funeral Honors.-The Sorrowful Multitudes.-Funeral Oration at Eastford.-Resolutions of Respect.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
ELMER EPHRAIM ELLSWORTH.
" How Knightly looked he as he rode to Hounds!"-Character.--An Enthusiast in Military Science.-The French Zouave Tactics.-A. Noble Ambition.- Early Struggles. - The Chicago Zouaves.--Their Perfection of Drill and Character.-A Tour of Triumph.--In New York.-A Favorite of Lincoln.-The War Clarion. New York Fire Zonaves.-Sword Presentations.--In the South.-Last Night at Alexandria.-Letter Home.-The Dread Tragedy.- Universal Grief. - Lincoln's Sorrow. The Genius of Ellsworth.

CHAPTER XXXIX
EDWARD DICKINSON BAKER.
The English Boy on American Shores.-Early Struggles.-Off for the West.-Efforts as a Young Lawyer in Springfield.-Congressional Honors.-Leadership on the Forum.-In the Mexican
War.-Removal to the Pacific Coast.-Popularity as an Advocate.-Oration over Broderick.-Sent to the United States Senate from Oregon.--Union Square Speech.--Organization of the California
Regiment. - To the Front.-Ball's Bluff.-Last Scenes

CHAPTER XL.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER.
Early Life of General Custer.-School Experience. First Love.-Sent to West Point. -Trials of a Plebe.-The Attack on Fort Sumter.-Graduates and Goes to Washington.-Ordered to join his Regiment.-Incidents of the Battle of Bull Run.-Describes his First Emotions.-On Staff Duty.-The Peninsula Campaign.-Custer's First Charge.-Winning the Bars.-- General McClellan Relieved. -Custer at Monroe.-The Course of True Love.-Battle of Aldie.-Made a General.-Battle of Gettysburg.-The Last Raid.-Appomattox Court House.-The Seventh Cavalry.--Life
on the Plains.-Battle of the Washita.-Rain-in-the-face, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. The Last Battle.

CHAPTER I.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Ancestral Lines.-Saxon Origin of Name.-Family Coat of Arms.--Emigration to Virginia.- Birth and Childhood.-School Life.-The Young Surveyor.-Commissioned Major.-A Six-Hundred-
Mile Journev.-Battle at Fort Necessity. - Bra Idock's Defeat and Death.- Falling in Love.-Marriage with the Widow Custis.-Opening Scenes in the Revolution.--. Appointed Commander in-Chief.-Meeting the Army at Cambridge.-The Declaration. The Long, Long War.- Retreat Through the Jerseys.-Crossing the Delaware. -Battle of Princeton.-Monmouth.--Close of the Revolution.-Farewell to Companions-in-Arms.-As President of the United States.

CHAPTER II.
JOSEPH WARREN.
Birthplace of Warren.-School Days.-Graduation at Harvard.-Studying Medicine. -Warren as a Physician.-The Sons of Liberty." -Warren's Activity in Politics.- Boston Massacre.-Oration at the Old South Church.-Liberty's Advocate. The Tea Party.-Faneuil Hall Meeting.-Fourth Anniversary of Boston Massacre.-Second Oration.-Fears of Assassination.-The Crisis Met.-Paul Revere's Ride.- Warren's Presentiment.--Battle of Bunker Hill.-Death of Warren.-"'Tis Sweet for One's Country to Die."-Honors to his Memory.-Bunker Hill Monument.

CHAPTER III.
NATHANIEL GREENE.
Birthplace and Ancestry.-Work at the Plough and the Anvil.-Studying Euclid over the Forge. Education under Disadvantages.-Lindley Murray and Dr. Styles.- Love of the Dance.-Ingenious
Shingle Device.--Marriage. On the Road to Lexington.--Made a Major-General. --Expelled from the Quakers.--Sick in Camp-At Trenton.-The Brandywine.-Greene's Bravery.-Germantown.
-The Fight through the Fog. -Valley Forge and Monmouth.-The Army of the South.-The Long Chase of Cornwallis.-Siege of Ninety-six.-Retirement.

CHAPTER IV.
LAFAYETTE.
Noble Lineage of the Marquis.-Early Surroundings.-A Member of the King's Regiment.--Commissioned at Fifteen.-Marriage.--The Dinner at Metz.-Noble Resolve.-Preparations to Sail for America. Obstacles Everywhere.- Voyage of the "Victory."-Arrival.-Home of Benjamin Huger.-Journey to Philadelphia.-Fighting for Liberty. - Battle of Brandywine.-Services in the
Revolution.-Arnold and Lafayette.-Return to France.- Visit to the United States.-Terrors of the French Revolution.-Flight and Imprisonment.-The Magdeburg Dungeon.-Liberated by
Napoleon.-Visit to the United States in 1824.-Joyful Welcome.--The Citizen King of the French.-Last Days of Lafayette.

CHAPTER V.
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
Ancestry of Putnam.-Boyhood Days. -Marriage.-Removal to Pomfret.-Adventure with the Wolf.-Seven Years' War.-Putnam in Command of a Company.-Adventures along the Hudson.
-Surprised by Indians.-Down the Rapids.- Indian Superstition.-Putnam at the Stake.-The Rescue.-The Guns of Lexington.-The Plow Exchanged for the Sword.-Murray Hill and the
Quakeress.-Putnam's Rapid Rise in the Army.-Ruse at Princeton.-Escape at Horseneck.-Paralysis.-The Last of Earth.--Eulogiums.

CHAPTER VI.
ETHAN ALLEN.
Birthplace of Allen.-The New Hampshire Grants.-The Green Mountain Boys.-Ethan Allen a Leader.-Price on his Head.-Allen's Fearlessness.--The Revolution.-Capture of Ticonderoga.
-Benedict Arnold's Part in the Affair.-Allen in Canada.-The Army of Invasion.--Plans for the Capture of Montreal. The Fatal Snare.-Allen a Prisoner.-Brutal Treatment by British
Officers.-In Falmouth, England.-The Gentlemen of Cork.-Exchanged.-Liberty and the Green Mountains Once More.-Joyful Welcome.-Allen Again Fighting the Battles of Young
Vermont.-Review of his Character.

CHAPTER VII.
FRANCIS MARION.
The Huguenot Blood of Marion.-Boyhood Days.-Early Adventures. The Shipwreck.-Battle with Cherokee Indians.-Marion Leads the Forlorn Hope.-The Bloody Pass.He Leaves Congress for the Army.-Fame of Marion's Men.-Battle around Savannah.-The Williamsburg Band.-Marion's Brigade. The Camp in the Swamp.-Successful Surprises.-The Dinner in the
Woods.-Tarleton and the Swamp-Fox.-Song of Marion's Men.-Fighting for Liberty without Clothes or Food.-Marriage.-Closing Scenes.

CHAPTER VIII.
JOHN PAUL JONES.
The Sailor-Boy of Solway Frith.-Ancestry.-Boyish Pursuits. His First Voyage.--Rapid Rise in the Marine Service.--In Virginia.-America his Adopted Country.-Created an Officer of the
United States.-Adventures on the Sea.-The Terror of the English.-Action of the "Bon Homme Richard" and "Serapis."--Glorious Generalship.-Surrender of the English Ship-Fame
of the Chevalier Paul Jones.-The Gold Sword and the Cross of Merit.-American Prisoners Liberated.-At the Courts of Denmark and Russia.-Last Days of the Hero.

CHAPTER IX.
THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO.
Early History of Kosciuszko.-Education in the Art of War.-An Affair of the Heart.-Exile.-Position on Washington's Staff.-Siege of Ninety-Six.-Service in Poland.-Dictator' and General-
issimo.-Battle of Raczlawice.-Victory Followed by Defeat.-Decisive Battle of Maciejowice.-Overwhelmed by Superior Numbers.-" Finis Polonæ!"- Imprisonment.-- Freedom Re-
gained.-Retirement at Fontainebleau.-The Fall from the Precipice.-Closing Scenes.

CHAPTER X.
HUGO MERCER.
The Moors of Culloden.-The Assistant-Surgeon of the Highland Army.-Emigration to Pennsylvania.- Indian Wars.-Wounded and Alone.-Outbreak of the Revolution.-The Fredericksburg Home.-Farewells.-Days of '76.-First Campaign.-A Gloomy Time.-Influence of Washington.-Across the Delaware.- Affairs in Philadelphia.-Putnam's Order.-Hasty Adjournment of Congress.-Change of Policy.--Attack on Trenton.-Victory.-The
Night March on Princeton.-Desperate Fighting.-Ten to One.-Mercer Mortally Wounded.-The Farm-House Scene.-Last Moments.-Victory and Death.

CHAPTER XI.
ANTHONY WAYNE.
Birth and Ancestry.-Youthful Bent Towards Military Studies.-Marriage.--Beginning of Public Life.- In the Legislature.-Commissioned as Colonel.-- Expedition to Canada. - At Brandy-
Monmouth.-Storning of Stony Point.-Splendid Victory.-Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line.-Investment of Yorktown.-War with the Indians.-Peace Commissioner.-Death at Presque
Isle.-Monument of the Cincinnati..