Encyclopedia of Battles in North America

by Purcell, L. Edward; Purcell, Sarah J.

• ISBN13: 9780816033508
• ISBN10: 0816033501
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

Encyclopedia of Battles in North America is the only one-volume resource to offer comprehensive coverage of battles from all wars and conflicts in North America. In an authoritative yet lively manner, the authors provide brief descriptions of 400 individual battles that explain the context of the engagement, the opposing forces and commanders, the narrative of the fighting, the outcome, and the cost in casualties. Suggestions for further reading accompany each entry. Detailed appendixes list battles chronologically, alphabetically, and by war; lists of historic battlefield sites -- alphabetically and by region, a general bibliography, and a complete index are included.

Among the battles profiled are: Champoton (1517), Jamestown (1676), Fort Beausejour (1755), Fort Lee (Fort Constitution) (1776), Sitka (1804), Monterrey (1846), Gettysburg (1863), Killdeer Mountain (1864), Adobe Walls (1874), and Celaya (1915).

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
A TO Z ENTRIES	1	(304)
Adobe Walls	3	(1)
Agua Prieta	4	(1)
Alamance	4	(1)
Alamo	5	(1)
U.S.S. Alfred v. H.M.S. Glasgow	6	(1)
Allatoona Pass	6	(1)
Annapolis Royal (Port Royal)	6	(1)
Antietam (Sharpsburg)	7	(3)
Ash Hollow (Blue Lake)	10	(1)
Atlanta	10	(2)
Augusta (1780)	12	(1)
Augusta (1781)	12	(2)
Bad Axe River	14	(1)
Ball's Bluff	15	(1)
Batoche	15	(1)
Baton Rouge	16	(1)
Bear Paw Mountains	17	(1)
Bear River	17	(1)
Beaufort (Port Royal Island)	18	(1)
Beaver Dams	18	(1)
Beecher's Island	19	(1)
Belmont	19	(1)
Bennington	20	(1)
Bentonville	21	(1)
Big Bethel	22	(1)
Big Black River	22	(1)
Big Hole Basin	23	(1)
Big Meadows	24	(1)
Billingsport	24	(1)
Black Mingo Creek	24	(1)
Blackstocks	25	(1)
Bladensburg	25	(1)
Bloody Brook (Pocumtuck, Deerfield)	26	(1)
Bloody Swamp (Bloody Marsh, St. Simon's Island)	27	(1)
Blue Licks	28	(1)
Blue Savannah	28	(1)
Bound Brook	28	(1)
Brandy Station (Fleetwood Hill, Beverley's Ford)	29	(1)
Brandywine	30	(1)
Briar Creek	31	(1)
Brice's Cross Roads (Brice's Creek Roads, Guntown, Tishomingo Creek)	32	(1)
Bristoe Station	32	(1)
Buena Vista	33	(2)
Bull Run, First (Manassas)	35	(2)
Bull Run, Second (Manassas)	37	(2)
Bull's Ferry	39	(1)
Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)	39	(2)
Bushy Run (Edge Hill)	41	(1)
Calderon Bridge (Puente de Calderon)	42	(1)
Camden	42	(3)
Camerone	45	(1)
Camp Texas (Fort Texas)	46	(1)
Cedar Creek	46	(1)
Cedar Mountain	47	(1)
Cedars	48	(1)
Celaya	48	(1)
Cempoallan	49	(1)
Cerro Gordo	50	(2)
Chambly	52	(1)
Champion's Hill	52	(1)
Champoton	53	(1)
Chancellorsville	54	(1)
Chantilly (Ox Hill)	55	(1)
Chapultepec	56	(1)
Charleston (Sullivan's Island)	57	(2)
Charleston	59	(1)
Charlotte	60	(1)
Chateaugay (Chateauguay River)	60	(1)
Chattanooga (Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge)	61	(2)
Cheat Mountain (Elkwater)	63	(1)
Cherry Valley	63	(1)
U.S.S. Chesapeake v. H.M.S. Shannon	64	(1)
Chesapeake Bay	64	(1)
Chesapeake Capes	65	(1)
Chickamauga	66	(1)
Chickasaw Bluffs (Chickasaw Bayou)	67	(1)
Chippewa	67	(2)
Chrysler's Farm	69	(1)
Churubusco	70	(1)
Cloyd's Mountain	71	(1)
Cold Harbor	71	(1)
Columbus	72	(1)
Combahee Ferry	73	(1)
U.S.S. Congress v. H.M.S.Savage	73	(1)
U.S.S. Constitution v. H.M.S. Guerriere	74	(1)
Contreras (Padieras)	74	(1)
Cooch's Bridge (Iron Hill)	75	(1)
Corinth	76	(1)
Cowan's Ford	76	(1)
Cowpens	77	(2)
Crampton's Gap	79	(1)
The Crater (Petersburg Mine Assault)	79	(1)
Cross Keys (Union Church)	80	(2)
Dade's Battle	82	(1)
Danbury Raid	82	(1)
Drewry's Bluff	83	(2)
Emuckfau Creek	85	(1)
Enitachopco Creek	86	(1)
Eutaw Springs	86	(2)
Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)	88	(1)
Fallen Timbers	89	(1)
Falling Waters	90	(1)
Farmville and Highbridge	90	(1)
Fetterman Fight	91	(1)
Fishdam Ford	91	(1)
Fisher's Hill	92	(1)
Fishing Creek (Catawba Ford)	92	(1)
Five Forks	93	(1)
Fort Anne	94	(1)
Fort Beausejour	94	(1)
Fort Caroline	95	(1)
Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery	95	(1)
Fort Cumberland	96	(1)
Fort Donelson	97	(1)
Fort Erie, First	98	(1)
Fort Erie, Second	99	(1)
Fort Fisher (Terry's Expedition)	99	(1)
Fort Frontenac	100	(1)
Fort George	101	(1)
Fort Henry	101	(1)
Fort Keyser	102	(1)
Fort Lee (Fort Constitution)	102	(1)
Fort McHenry	102	(1)
Fort Mercer (Red Bank)	103	(1)
Fort Mifflin	104	(1)
Fort Mims	105	(1)
Fort Motte	105	(1)
Fort Necessity (Great Meadows)	106	(1)
Fort Niagara	106	(1)
Fort Pillow	107	(1)
Fort Pulaski	108	(1)
Fort Ridgely	109	(1)
Fort Stanwix	109	(1)
Fort Stedman	110	(1)
Fort Stephenson	111	(1)
Fort Sumter	111	(1)
Fort Ticonderoga (Fort Carillon)	112	(1)
Fort Ticonderoga (1775)	113	(1)
Fort Ticonderoga (July 1777)	113	(2)
Fort Ticonderoga (September 1777)	115	(1)
Fort Wagner (Battery Wagner)	115	(1)
Fort Washington	116	(1)
Fort Watson	117	(1)
Fort William Henry	117	(1)
Franklin	118	(1)
Franklin's Crossing (Deep Run)	119	(1)
Fredericksburg	119	(2)
Frenchtown (River Raisin)	121	(1)
Front Royal	122	(2)
Gaines's Mill	124	(1)
Galveston	125	(1)
Garnett's and Golding's Farm	125	(1)
Germantown	126	(2)
Gettysburg	128	(3)
Globe Tavern (Weldon Railroad, Six Mile House)	131	(1)
Glorieta Pass	131	(1)
Gloucester	132	(1)
Goliad	133	(1)
Great Bridge	133	(1)
Great Savannah	134	(1)
Great Swamp	134	(1)
Green Spring	135	(1)
Guilford Courthouse	136	(1)
Gwynn Island	137	(2)
Hanging Rock	139	(1)
Hanover Courthouse	140	(1)
Harlem Heights	140	(1)
Harmar's Defeat	141	(1)
Harpers Ferry	142	(1)
Haw River (Pyle's Defeat)	143	(1)
Helena	144	(1)
Hillsborough Raid	144	(1)
Hobkirk's Hill	145	(1)
Holly Springs	145	(1)
Horseshoe Bend	146	(1)
Hubbardton	147	(1)
Irish Bend (Bayou Teche)	148	(1)
Island Number 10	149	(1)
Iuka	149	(1)
Jamestown (1622)	150	(1)
Jamestown (1676)	151	(1)
Johnstown	152	(1)
Julesburg	152	(1)
Kernstown, First	153	(1)
Kernstown, Second	154	(1)
Kettle Creek	154	(1)
Killdeer Mountain	155	(1)
King's Mountain	155	(2)
Kip's Bay	157	(1)
Klock's Field	157	(1)
Knoxville (Fort Sanders)	157	(2)
Lake Erie (Put-in-Bay)	159	(1)
Lake George (Bloody Pond)	160	(1)
Lake Okeechobee	161	(1)
Lazaro	162	(1)
Lenud's Ferry	162	(1)
Lexington and Concord	163	(1)
Lexington	164	(1)
Little Bighorn (Custer's Last Stand, Greasy Grass)	165	(2)
Lochry's Defeat	167	(1)
Long Island	168	(1)
Long Sault	169	(1)
Louisbourg (1745)	169	(1)
Louisbourg (1758)	170	(1)
Lundy's Lane	171	(1)
Lynchburg	172	(1)
Mackinac Island (Fort Michilimackinac)	173	(1)
Malvern Hill	174	(1)
McDowell	174	(1)
Mechanicsville (Ellison's Mill)	175	(1)
Memphis	176	(1)
Mesa (La Mesa)	176	(1)
Milk Creek	176	(1)
Mill Springs (Logan Cross Road)	177	(1)
Minisink	178	(1)
Mobile Bay	178	(1)
Molino del Rey	179	(1)
Monck's Corner	180	(1)
U.S.S. Monitor v. C.S.S. Virginia (Monitor v. Merrimack)	180	(1)
Monmouth	181	(2)
Monocacy	183	(1)
Monongahela (Braddock's Defeat)	184	(1)
Monterrey	185	(1)
Montreal	186	(1)
Moore's Creek Bridge	187	(1)
Munfordville	187	(1)
Mystic River	188	(2)
Nashville	190	(1)
New London Raid	191	(1)
New Market	191	(1)
New Orleans (1815)	192	(2)
New Orleans (1862)	194	(1)
New Ulm	195	(1)
Newport	195	(1)
Newtown	196	(1)
Ninety Six	197	(1)
La Noche Triste (Tenochtitlan)	198	(1)
North Anna River (Hanover Junction, Jericho Mills, Taylor's Bridge)	199	(2)
Oak Grove (King's Schoolhouse)	201	(1)
Ocean Pond (Olustee)	202	(1)
Okolona	202	(1)
Oriskany	203	(1)
Otumba	203	(2)
Palo Alto	205	(2)
Paoli	207	(1)
Parker's Cross Roads	207	(1)
Parker's Ferry	207	(1)
Parral	208	(1)
Paulus Hook	208	(1)
Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern)	209	(1)
U.S.S. Peacock v. H.M.S. Epervier	210	(1)
Pell's Point	210	(1)
Pensacola	211	(1)
Perryville	211	(1)
Petersburg (1781)	212	(1)
Petersburg (1864-1865)	213	(1)
Philippi	213	(1)
Pilot Knob (Fort Davidson)	214	(1)
Plattsburg Bay (Lake Champlain, Plattsburg)	214	(2)
Pleasant Hill Landing (Blair's Landing)	216	(1)
Point Pleasant	217	(1)
Port Gibson	217	(1)
Port Hudson	218	(1)
Port Republic	219	(1)
Port Royal (Annapolis Royal)	220	(1)
Port Royal Sound (Forts Beauregard and Walker)	220	(1)
Potonchan	221	(1)
Prairie Grove	221	(1)
Princeton	222	(1)
Puebla	223	(1)
Puebla (Cinco de Mayo)	224	(2)
Quebec (Plains of Abraham)	226	(1)
Quebec	227	(1)
Queenston	228	(2)
Quinby Bridge	230	(1)
Quintan's Bridge	230	(1)
Ramseur's Mill	231	(1)
Raymond	232	(1)
Resaca de la Palma (Resaca de Guerrero)	232	(1)
Rich Mountain	233	(1)
Richmond	233	(1)
Ridgeway	234	(1)
Roanoke Island	234	(1)
Rocky Mount	235	(1)
Rosebud Creek	235	(1)
Rush Springs (Rush Creek)	236	(1)
Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield)	237	(1)
Sabine Pass (Fort Griffin)	238	(1)
Sackets Harbor	238	(1)
Sacramento River	239	(1)
St. Augustine (1702)	240	(1)
St. Augustine (1740)	241	(1)
St. Charles	242	(1)
St. Clair's Defeat	242	(1)
St. Denis	243	(1)
St. Eustache	244	(1)
St. John's (St. Jean's) (May 17, 1775)	244	(1)
St. John's (St. Jean's) (September 5-November 2, 1775)	245	(1)
San Gabriel	245	(1)
San Jacinto	246	(1)
San Pascual	247	(1)
Sand Creek	248	(1)
Sandusky (Crawford's Defeat)	248	(1)
Santa Fe	249	(1)
Saratoga, First (Freeman's Farm)	249	(2)
Saratoga, Second (Bemis Heights)	251	(2)
Savage's Station (Allen's Farm, Peach Orchard)	253	(1)
Savannah (1778)	254	(1)
Savannah (1779)	254	(2)
Sayler's Creek	256	(1)
Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing)	257	(2)
Sitka	259	(1)
Slim Buttes	260	(1)
South Mountain	260	(1)
Spencer's Tavern	261	(1)
Spotsylvania	261	(1)
Springfield	262	(1)
Springfield Arsenal	263	(1)
Stones River (Murfreesboro)	264	(2)
Stono Ferry	266	(1)
Stony Creek (Stoney Creek)	266	(1)
Stony Point	267	(1)
Stronghold	267	(1)
Summit Springs	268	(1)
Talladega	269	(1)
Tallasahatchee	270	(1)
Tarrant's Tavern	270	(1)
Tenochtitlan	270	(3)
Thames (Moraviantown)	273	(1)
Three Rivers (Trois Rivieres)	274	(1)
Throg's Neck (Throg's Point)	274	(1)
Tippecanoe	275	(1)
Tlaxcala	276	(1)
Trenton	277	(1)
Trevilian Station	278	(1)
U.S.S. Trumbull v. Watt	279	(1)
U.S.S. Trumbull v. H.M.S. Iris	279	(1)
Tupelo (Harrisburg)	279	(3)
Valcour Island	282	(1)
Veracruz	283	(2)
Vicksburg	285	(2)
Vincennes	287	(2)
Wahab's Plantation	289	(1)
Washita	289	(1)
Waxhaws	290	(1)
Waynesboro	291	(1)
Wetzell's Ford	291	(1)
White Oak Swamp (Glendale)	292	(1)
White Plains	292	(1)
Whitemarsh	293	(1)
The Wilderness	293	(1)
Williamsburg	294	(1)
Williamson's Plantation	295	(1)
Wilson's Creek (Oak Hill)	295	(1)
Winchester, First	296	(1)
Winchester, Second	296	(1)
Winchester, Third (Opequon Creek)	297	(1)
Wolf Mountain	298	(1)
Wood Lake (Lone Tree Lake)	298	(1)
Wounded Knee	299	(1)
Wyoming Valley	299	(2)
Yellow Tavern	301	(1)
Yorktown	302	(3)
Glossary	305	(8)
Appendix 1: Alphabetical List of Battles	313	(8)
Appendix 2: Chronological List of Battles	321	(8)
Appendix 3: List of Battles by War	329	(6)
Appendix 4: Battlefield Sites in Alphabetical Order	335	(2)
Appendix 5: Battlefield Sites Listed by Region	337	(8)
Bibliography	345	(18)
Index	363

Excerpts

Encyclopedia of Battles in North America is the only one-volume resource to offer comprehensive coverage of battles from all wars and conflicts in North America from the first European landings to the twentieth century. In an authoritative yet lively manner, the authors provide brief descriptions of 400 individual battles that explain:
The context of the engagement
The opposing forces and commanders
The narrative of the fighting
The outcome and cost in casualties.
Suggestions for further reading accompany each entry. Detailed appendixes list battles chronologically, alphabetically, and by war, and list historic battlefield
sites, alphabetically and by region. A general bibliography and a complete index are included. Meticulously researched and unmatched in its scope, the encyclopedia is an invaluable reference for high school students, military history buffs, and
general readers.
Among the battles profiled are:
Champoton: Mexico, Spanish Conquest (1517)
Mystic River: Connecticut, Pequot War (1637)
Jamestown: Virginia, Bacon's Rebellion (1676)
Fort Beausejour: Canada, French and Indian War (1755)
Fort Lee (Fort Constitution): New Jersey, American Revolution (1776)
Sitka: Alaska, Russian-Indian War (1804)
U.S.S. Constitution vs. H.M.S. Guerriere: Off Nova Scotia, Canada (War of 1812)
Alamo: Texas, Texas War of Independence (1836)
Monterrey: Mexico, Mexican-American War (1846)
Antietam: Maryland, American Civil War (1862)
Gettysburg: Pennsylvania, American Civil War (1863)
Killdeer Mountain: North Dakota, Sioux Wars (1864)
Adobe Walls: Texas, Buffalo War (1874)
Celaya: Mexico, Mexican Revolution (1915).