A Literary & Historical Atlas of America. J. G. Bartholomew
Missouri. 38N. 92W. Indecisive action between Federals and Confederates, 1862 (Civil W.).
Fayetteville, N. Carolina. 35N. 78W. Surrendered to Confederates, 1861; retaken by Gen. Sherman, 1865 (Civil W.).
Filbert Island (Isle aux Condres), St. Lawrence. 47N. 70W. So named by Cartier, 1535.
Fire Island Beach, Long Island, N.Y. 40N. 73W. Margaret Fuller (Marchioness d'Ossoli) and her husband and child drowned off, 1850.
Fisher's Hill, near Woodstock, Virginia. 38N. 78W. Confederates defeated by Sheridan, 1864 (Civil W.).
Five Forks, Virginia. 37N. 77W. Defeat of Confederates under Lee, March 31-April 1, 1865.
Florida, U.S. 29N. 82W. The Cabots off, during voyage, 1498–9; discovered and named by Ponce de Leon, who landed on Palm Sunday (Pascua Florida), 1513; expedition to, under Pineda, 1519; disastrous expedition to, under Narvaez, 1528; colonising expedition to, under De Soto, 1539; expeditions sent to by Coligny, 1562, 1564 (see Fort Caroline); St. Augustine f. by Spaniards, 1565, and taken by Drake, 1586; invasion of, under Oglethorpe, 1740; ceded to Great Britain by Treaty of Paris, 1763; invaded by Spaniards, 1779, and Pensacola seized by, 1781; restored to Spain by treaty, 1783; purchased by U.S., 1819, and transferred to, 1821; war with Seminole Indians, 1835–42; admitted to the Union, 1845; seceded, 1861; readmitted, 1868.
Florida, Missouri. 38N. 92W. Bp. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) (1835–1910).
Fort Bowyer, Mobile Bay. 30N. 87W. British fleet repulsed, 1814; besieged for two days and surrendered to English, 1815.
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