.
L
Lafayette,
in the Yorktown campaign,
,
,
.
hears of our struggle for independence,
.
arrives in this country,
.
serves under Washington,
.
returns to France,
.
returns to America with the king's pledge of help,
.
returns to France, but remembers us,
.
visits America in 1784,
.
visits us again in 1824,
.
the admiration of our people for,
.
the personal appearance of,
.
the interview of, with Red Jacket,
.
the receptions given to, from New York to Boston,
.
the tour of, through the United States,
.
visits Yorktown,
.
visits New Orleans,
.
visits other towns and cities,
.
goes to Mount Vernon,
.
at Boston and Bunker Hill,
.
the formal reception of, at Washington,
.
returns to France,
.
Lafayette, George Washington,
visits us with his father in 1824,
.
Lafitte,
the "Pirate of the Gulf," aids Jackson,
.
Lake Borgne,
near New Orleans, the British cross,
.
Lambert, Henry,
Captain, commander of the British frigate Java,
.
mortally wounded,
.
Lambert, John,
General, leads the British reserve at New Orleans,
.
retreats from New Orleans and sails for England,
.
Langdon,
John, at the Philadelphia convention,
.
Lawrence,
James, with Decatur,
,
.
Ledge Falls,
Greene's division reaches,
.
Enos turns back at,
.
Lee, Charles,
advises the abandoning of Fort Sullivan,
,
.
the character of,
.
the cowardice of, at Monmouth,
.
Lee, Henry,
or "Light-Horse Harry," defends the Constitution,
.
Levant,
the, a British sloop of war, destroyed by "Old Ironsides,"
,
.
Levi,
Point, the arrival of Arnold at,
.
Lewis,
Lawrence, Washington's favorite nephew,
.
Lexington, Kentucky,
the origin of the name,
.
Lexington, Massachusetts,
the Revolution begins at,
,
,
,
.
Lincoln,
General, surrenders Charleston,
,
.
receives Cornwallis's sword,
.
Little Wabash,
the, Clark crosses,
.
Long Island, New York,
the patriots defeated in the battle of,
.
Hale enters, in disguise,
.
Long Island, South Carolina,
north of Sullivan's Island,
,
.
Long Knives,
the, the backwoodsmen called,
,
.
Louisiana,
the, an American war vessel, blows Sir Edward's sugar barrels to pieces,
.
Lower house,
the, of Congress, or House of Representatives,
,
,
.
Lower Town,
the, at Quebec, Arnold's men attack,
.
M
Madeira Islands,
the, "Old Ironsides" fights a great battle near,
.
Madison,
James, of Virginia,
.
"Father of the Constitution,"
.
hated slavery,
.
defends the Constitution,
.
President of the United States, a man of peace,
.
Maltese
sailors, Decatur's sailors dressed like,
,
.
Manhattan Island,
the patriots retire from,
.
Map,
a, showing the line of Clark's march,
.
of Arnold's route to Quebec,
.
of the military operations in the Carolinas,
.
Marion,
Francis, a leader in the South,
.
Marseillaise, The,
the national hymn of France,
.
Marshall,
John, defends the Constitution,
.
Martha's Vineyard,
.
Maryland
called on for volunteers,
.
Mason,
George, of Virginia, opposed to slavery,
.
McDaniel,
an anecdote of,
.
McDonough,
Thomas, with Decatur,
.
McDowell,
leads the refugees,
.
McLane,
Captain, one of Wayne's pickets,
.
Meigs,
Major, a commander under Arnold,
.
Midnight
surprise, a,
. See
.
Midwinter
campaign, a,
. See
.
Minutemen,
the, of the Old North State,
.
Mississippi River,
the, Lafayette ascends,
.
Monmouth,
New Jersey, the battle of,
.
Wayne at,
.
the cowardice of Charles Lee at,
.
Monroe,
President, instructed to invite Lafayette as the nation's guest,
.
receives Lafayette at the White House,
.
Montgomery,
General,
.
joined by Arnold,
.
demands the surrender of Quebec,
.
despairs of the expedition,