INDEX

Barton, Clara:

nurse at eleven, 190-1;

success as teacher, 191-3;

cares for first wounded soldiers in Civil War, 193;

distributes supplies, 194;

receives permission to go to front, 195-6;

war record, 196-201;

appointed to search for missing, 201-2;

serves under Red Cross in Franco-Prussian War, 203-4;

starts Red Cross in America, 204;

its president for twenty-two years, 204;

service in disasters, 205;

honors paid her, 205-6.

Battle Hymn of the Republic, 159-63.

Beecher, Henry Ward, 132, 136, 144.

Bishop (Washington’s body-servant), 56-8, 67.

Burr, Aaron, 45, 104-5.

Chaboneau, Toussaint, 81-7, 91, 96-8.

Dale, Governor, 11, 12.

Declaration of Independence, 111, 120, 170.

Fritchie, Barbara:

saw four wars, 179-82;

marriage, 181;

her loyalty and faith when Civil War broke out, 182;

troops in Fredericksburg, 182-3;

different versions of flag story, 183-5;

Whittier’s poem, 186-8.

Fugitive slave law, 128-9, 138-40, 146.

Garrison, William Lloyd, 118, 122, 125, 131.

Hamilton, Alexander, 45, 63.

Harlem, battle of, 45-6.

Howe, General, 41, 43-6.

Howe, Julia Ward:

ancestry, 155;

carefully educated, 154;

a social favorite, 155;

marriage, 156-7;

longed to help in Civil War, 158;

how the Battle Hymn of the Republic was written, 159-60;

how Chaplain McCabe popularized it, 161-2.

Hutchinson, Anne:

voyage to America, 18-9;

popularity, 20-1;

her meetings for women, 21-3;

church and state, 22-4;

trial and banishment, 24-8;

massacred by Indians, 28.

Jackson, Stonewall, 183, 187.

Jamestown colony, 7-11, 16-7.

Johnson, Jemima:

Indians attack frontier settlement, 72-3;

imperative need of water, 74-5;

volunteers to bring it, 75-6;

scheme succeeds, 76-7;

attack repulsed, 77-8.

Jones, Paul, 36.

Lafayette, 53.

Lewis and Clark Expedition, 81-5, 89-96, 99.

Libby Prison, 161.

Lincoln, Abraham, 149, 162, 201-2.

Livermore, Mary A.:

first-hand experience with slavery, 165;

helped husband in church and editorial work, 165-6;

organized and systematized relief work of Northwest, 167-72;

Sanitary fairs, 172-4;

first public speech, 175-7.

McCabe, Chaplain, 161-2.

Madison, Dolly:

girlhood in Virginia and Philadelphia, 101-2;

marries John Todd, 103;

death of husband and baby, 103-4;

popularity, 104, 107;

marries Madison, 105-6;

mistress of White House for sixteen years, 107, 113;

British attack Washington, 108-11;

saves Stuart portrait of Washington and Declaration of

Independence, 110-1;

adventures in flight from city, 111-3;

homage paid her, 114.

Madison, James, 104-8, 112-4.

Martineau, Harriet, 121.

Mataoka, 1, 2, 6.

Monmouth, battle of, 50-2.

Morris, Robert, 33, 35.

Mott, Lucretia:

childhood at Nantucket, 115;

early interest in slavery, 117;

preaches in Quaker meeting-houses, 117-20, 126-7, 165;

member of anti-slavery societies, 120-1;

delegate to London convention, 121;

excluded from its meetings, 121-2;

abused and attacked, 123-7;

her part in Dangerfield trial, 128-9;

pioneer work for abolition, 130-1.

Mount Vernon, 59, 63, 66-8, 70, 71.

Murray, Mary Lindley:

delays Howe’s march across Manhattan Island, 43-5;

saves patriot army, 45-6.

Phillips, Wendell, 118, 121, 131.

Pitcher, Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays):

childhood on farm, 47;

accompanies husband to war, 48-50;

carries water for soldiers, 51;

takes husband’s place at cannon, 51-2;

honors given her, 52-4;

monument, 54.

Pocahontas:

saves John Smith, 4-6;

how she got her name, 1, 2, 6;

befriends Jamestown colony, 7;

taken prisoner, 8-10;

marries Rolfe, 11;

visits England, 12-5;

descendants, 16.

Powhatan, 2-6, 8-13.

Putnam, Israel, 41-6.

Red Cross, 202-6.

Rolfe, John, 11, 12, 15.

Ross, Betsy:

apprenticed, 30;

marriage, 30;

reputation as needlewoman, 31, 33;

widowed, 32;

five-pointed star, 35;

her flag adopted by Congress, 35-7.

Ross, Colonel George, 33.

Sacajawea (Bird-woman):

taken prisoner, 80-1;

marries Chaboneau, 81;

meets Lewis and Clark, 81-2;

engaged as interpreter, 82;

birth of son, 82;

heroine of expedition, 83-4;

saves papers and instruments, 84-5;

illness, 85-6;

escape from cloudburst, 86-7;

guides expedition, 88, 92-3;

meets friend and brother, 89-90;

persuades tribe to help white men, 90, 92;

bargaining with Indians, 91;

resourcefulness, 94;

rapid return trip, 95-6;

bids farewell to leaders, 96;

later years and death on Indian reservation, 98-9;

memorials, 99-100.

Sanitary Commission, 168-72.

Smith, John, 2-8, 14.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 122.

Stars and Stripes, 34-7.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher:

early interest in compositions, 133-4;

moves to Cincinnati, 134;

marries Professor Stowe, 135;

discussions over slavery, 135-7;

her own experiences with negroes, 136-7, 141-2;

writing, 135, 138;

excitement over fugitive slave bill, 138-9;

how Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written, 139-43;

its reception and results, 144-9;

translations, 145;

trip to England, 149-50;

helps change public sentiment in England during Civil War, 152.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 139-50.

Valley Forge, 62, 64-6.

Washington, George, 32-5, 39, 41, 42, 46, 49-54, 56-71, 110-1, 180.

Washington, Martha:

education, 55;

first meeting with Washington, 56-7;

marriage, 57-8;

life at Mt. Vernon, 59, 67;

interest in public affairs, 60, 69-70;

patriotic sacrifices, 59, 63-4;

winters spent at headquarters, 61-6;

work for soldiers, 63-6;

at Valley Forge, 62, 64-6;

first lady of the land, 68-71.

Whittier, John G., 148, 186-8.

Williams, Roger, 23, 28.

Winthrop, John, 20, 24-7, 29.