1763-1776 The Causes of the War of Independence 3
Chapter Ⅰ：The Suprise at Trenton and the Battle of Princeton，1776-1777 12
1777 Synopsis of Background Events 37
Chapter Ⅱ：The Battles of Bennington and Freeman＇s Farm and the Capitulation of Saratoga，1777 41
1778-1781 Synopsis of Background Events 67
Chapter Ⅲ：The Battle of the Chesapeake and the Siege of Yorktwon，1781 72
1783-1812 Synopsis of Background Events 96
Chapter Ⅳ：The Battles of Lake Erie and Lake Champlain，1813 and 1814 102
1783-1824 Synopsis of Background Events 130
Chapter Ⅴ：The Battles of San Jacinto，Contreras-Churubusco，and Chpultepec，1836 and 1847 136
1783-1861 Synopsis of Background Events 171
Chapter Ⅵ：The Seven Days＇ Battle，1862 177
1862 Synopsis of Background Events 211
Chapter Ⅶ：The Battle of Gettysburg，1863 219
1861-1863 Synopsis of Background Events 251
Chapter Ⅷ：The Vicksburg Campaign and the Battle of Chattangooa，1863 258
1863-1864 Synopsis of Background Events 289
Chapter Ⅸ：The Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Nashville，1864 292
1865-1898 Synopsis of Background Events 326
Chapter Ⅹ：The Battles of El Caney-San Juan Hill and Santiago de Cuba，1898 333
1899-1917 Synopsis of Background Events 363
Chapter Ⅺ：The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne 370