1813. Battle of Fort Stephenson, Ohio, August 2,
Massacre of Fort Mims, August 30, .

Perry's victory on Lake Erie, September 10,
Battle of the Thames, October 5,

Battle of Chrysler's Field, November 11,

1814. Battle of Horse-shoe Bend (Tohopeka), March 27, Battle of Chippewa, July 5,

Battle of Lundy's Lane, July 25,

Washington captured by the British, August 24,

Battle of Plattsburg and Lake Champlain, September 11, 168
Bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13,
Hartford Convention, December 15,

Treaty of Peace, December 24,

1815. Battle of New Orleans, January 8, War with Algiers,

1816. Indiana admitted to the Union, December 11, 1817. James Monroe inaugurated, March 4,

Mississippi admitted to the Union, December 10, 1818. Illinois admitted to the Union, December 3, 1819. Alabama admitted to the Union, December 14, Florida purchased of Spain, February 22, 1820. Missouri Compromise passed, March 3,

Maine admitted to the Union, March 15, 1821. Missouri admitted to the Union, August 10, 1824. Visit of La Fayette, August 15,

1825. John Quincy Adams inaugurated, March 4,
1826. Adams and Jefferson died, July 4,
1829. Jackson inaugurated, March 4, .
1832. Black Hawk War,

Nullification in South Carolina,

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Martin Van Buren inaugurated, March 4,

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Battle of Okechobee, Seminoles routed by Taylor, Dec. 25, 178

1837-8. "Patriot War"-Canada, .

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1841. Wm. H. Harrison. inaugurated, March 4,

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President Harrison died, April 4,

John Tyler inaugurated, April 6,

1842. Dorr Rebellion,

1845. Florida admitted to the Union, March 3, James K. Polk inaugurated, March 4,

Texas admitted to the Union, December 27,

1835. Dade's massacre by Seminoles, December 28, 1836. Arkansas admitted to the Union, June 15, 1837. Michigan admitted to the Union, January 26,

1846. Battle of Palo Alto, May 8,

Battle of Resaca de la Palma, May 9,

Congress declared war against Mexico, May 11,
Monterey captured, September 24,
Iowa admitted to the Union, December 28,
1847. Battle of Buena Vista, February 23, .
Vera Cruz captured, March 29,
Battle of Cerro Gordo, April 18,
Battle of Contreras, August 20,

Capture of Chapultepec, September 13,
Mexico surrendered, September 14, .
1848. Treaty of peace with Mexico, February 2,
Gold discovered in California, February,.
Wisconsin admitted to the Union, May 29,
- 1849. General Taylor inaugurated, March 5,
1850. General Taylor died, July 9,

Millard Fillmore inaugurated, July 16,

California admitted to the Union, September 9,
1853. Franklin Pierce inaugurated, March 4,
1854. Commodore Perry's treaty with Japan, March,
Kansas-Nebraska Bill passed, May,

1857. James Buchanan inaugurated, March 4,
1858. Minnesota admitted to the Union, May 11,
1859. Oregon admitted to the Union, February 14,
1860. South Carolina seceded from the Union, December 20,
1861. Steamer Star of the West fired upon, January 9,

Kansas admitted into the Union as a State, January 29,
Southern Confederacy formed at Montgomery, Feb. 4,

References for Reading.

Lossing's Field Book of the War of 1812 - Lewis and Clarke's Journal — Mackenzie's Life of Paul Jones - Parton's Life of Jackson; also of Aaron BurrCooper's History of the American Navy — Irving's Astoria — Powell's Life of Taylor - Fremont's Explorations · Benton's 30 Years View of Public Affairs — Street and Reid's Osceola (Poem) — Ripley's War with Mexico - Hull's Military and Civil Life - Parker's Historic Americans - Lossing's Eminent Americans - McPherson's Political History of the United States — Tome's Battles of America by Sea and Land-Lowell's Bigelow Papers - The Exiles of Florida by GiddingsJay's Mexican War and Dawson's American Battle-fields-" The Mississippi Scheme" in Mackay's Popular Delusions Mrs. John Adams's Correspondence Headley's Second War with England - Whittier's Angel of Buena Vista (Poetry) Randall's and Tucker's Lives of Jefferson · Griswold's Court of Washington — Clarke's Campaign of 1812 - - Ingersoll's Second War with Great Britain-Wilson's Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers.

LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION.*
(SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT: 1861-1865.)

KARST

NAUGURATION. - Rumor of a plan to assassinate Lincoln impelled him to come to Washington in disguise. He was inaugurated March 4, 1861, surrounded by troops under the command of General Scott.

Condition of the Country.-All

was now uncertainty. Officers of the army and navy of the United States were daily resigning, and linking

their fortunes with the Confederate cause. There was still, how

Questions on the Geography of the Fifth Epoch.-Locate the following places noted as battle-fields. (For battles before Richmond, see pp. 236 and 261.) Philippi. Big Bethel. Booneville. Carthage. Rich Mountain. Bull Run. Wilson's Creek. Hatteras Inlet. Lexington, Mo. Ball's Bluff. Belmont. Port Royal. Mill Spring. Fort Henry. Roanoke Island. Fort Donelson. Pea Ridge. Newbern. Winchester. Pittsburg Landing. Island No. 10. Fort Pulaski. Fort Jackson. Fort Macon. Beaufort. Yorktown. Williamsburg. Corinth. Fair Oaks. Mechanicsville. Gaines's Mill. Malvern Hill. Cedar Mountain. South Mountain. Antietam. Corinth. Fredericksburg. Holly Springs. Murfreesboro. Galveston. Fort Sumter. Chancellorsville. Vicksburg. Gettysburg. Port Hudson. Chickamauga. Chattanooga. Knoxville. Fort de Russy. Sabine Cross Roads. Fort Pillow. Wilderness. Bermuda Hundred. Spottsylvania Court House. Resaca. Dallas. Cold Harbor. Lost Mountain. Petersburg. Atlanta. Mobile. Fort Gaines. Fort Morgan. Cedar Creek. Fort McAllister. Nashville. Savannah. Fort Fisher. Columbia. Goldsboro. Fort Steadman. Five Forks. Appomattox Court House. (The battles above are named in chronological order.)

* Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, February 12, 1809; died in Washington,