Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence (36 page)

Fort St. John’s,
117

Fort Stanwix,
117,
168

Fort Stirling,
68

Fort Ticonderoga,
28
–9,
43
,
46
,
68
,
83
,
89
–90,
111
,
115
,
117,
124
,
134

Fort Washington,
71
,
94
,
95
–8,
101
,
104
,
108
,
204

Franklin, Benjamin,
5
,
8
,
12
,
22
,
25
,
57
,
147
,
150
,
237

Fraser, Simon,
140
–1

French and Indian War,
1
–14,
16
,
35
,
66
,
97
,
114
,
123
,
133
,
136
,
142
,
148

Gage, Thomas,
9
–11,
17
–18,
22
–5,
28
,
32
–3,
35
,
37

Gaspee
Affair,
19
–20

Gates, Horatio,
68
,
73
,
90
,
100
–1,
104
,
113
,
124
,
163
,
194
–5,
204
–5

and Arnold,
83
–5,
132
,
134
–40

and Battle of Bemis Heights,
135
–42

and Battle of Camden,
176
–80,
195

death and later years of,
246
–7

and “Discipline of the Leggs,”
150

early years of,
9

as head of Board of War,
148

and Newburgh Conspiracy,
236

wounding of,
11

George II of Great Britain,
2

George III of Great Britain,
13
,
17
,
22
,
66
,
70
,
112
,
206
–7,
234

Germantown, Battle of,
128
,
128
–9,
142
,
207
,
234

Gist, Mordechai,
75
–7

Glover, John,
79
,
105

Grant, James,
75
,
77
–8,
126

Grasse, Comte de,
220
–4,
233

Graves, Samuel,
223

Green Mountain Boys,
28
–31,
111
–12,
116
,
119
,
140
,
191

Greene, Catherine “Caty” Littlefield,
22
,
69
,
100
–1,
146
–7,
203
,
210
–11

Greene, Christopher,
42

Greene, Nathanael,
32
,
59
,
62
,
152
,
154
,
156
,
196
,
180
–3,
230
,
233
–5,
247

and Battle of Brandywine Creek,
125
–6

and Battle of Eutaw Springs,
212
–13

and Battle of Guilford Courthouse,
208
–10,
216

and Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill,
210
–11

and Battle of Long Island,
69
,
73
–4,
78
,
91

and Battle of Trenton,
106

death and later years of,
245

early life and education of,
15
–16,
19
–20,
69

and
Gaspee
Affair,
19
–20

and Kentish Guards,
22

marriage of,
22
,
146
–7

and New York campaign,
93
,
94
,
94
–101

physical ailments of,
22
,
19
,
73
,
78

as quartermaster general,
145
–9

and Southern campaigns,
195
–7,
200
,
203
–13

on Sullivan,
163
–5

on Washington,
127

as youngest brigadier general in Continental Army,
25

Greene, Rufus,
19
–20

Grey, Charles “No-Flint,”
127
,
166

Grier, Mrs. Joseph,
44
,
46

Guilford Courthouse, Battle of,
208
,
210
,
212
,
216

Hamilton, Alexander,
70
–1,
148
,
165
,
180
,
183
–4,
206
,
216
,
218
,
227
–8,
234
,
245
,
247

Hamilton, Henry “Hair-buyer,”
158
,
160
–1

Hancock, John,
17
,
24
,
40
,
64
,
70
,
83

Hand, Edward,
107

Harlem Heights,
91
,
93
–4,
94
,
238

Haskell, Caleb,
44

Haslet, John,
75
,
103
,
105
,
109

Hazen, Moses,
164

Hobkirk’s Hill, Battle of,
210
–11

Howard, John Eager,
195
,
200
–2

Howe, George,
68

Howe, Richard “Black Dick,”
71
,
100

Howe, William,
32
–5,
100
,
103
–4,
131
,
137
,
143
,
151

and Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill,
246

and Battle of Germantown,
128
–9

and Battle of Long Island,
70
–4,
77
–8

and fortification of Dorchester Heights,
59
–64

knighthood awarded to,
112

and New York campaign,
70
–4,
77
–8,
92
,
95
–9

and Philadelphia campaign,
123
–8

physical appearance,
33

Hudson-Champlain corridor,
38
,
65
,
81
,
111
,
157

Hutchinson, Thomas,
17

Iroquois,
3
,
113
,
162
,
167
,
169
–70,
246

Irving, Washington,
243

Jackson, Andrew,
244

Jay, John,
237

Jefferson, Thomas,
194
,
204
,
216
,
220
,
243
,
245

Jewett, Joseph,
78

Jones, David,
112

Jumonville.
See
Coulon de Villiers, Joseph; Coulon de Villiers, Louis

Jumonville Glen,
1
–6,
64
,
129
,
161

Kalb, Johann de,
147
,
175
–80,
216
,
244
–5

Kaskaskia,
158
,
159

Kellogg, Benjamin,
89

Kellogg, Sally,
89
,
121

Kentish Guards,
22

King’s Ferry,
165
,
220

Kings Mountain, Battle of,
192
–4

Kips Bay, British landing at,
91
–3

Knox, Henry,
93
,
98

Boston Grenadier Corps organizer,
21

and Boston Massacre,
15
–19

death and final years of,
242
–3

early life and education of,
16

and fortification of Dorchester Heights,
59
–64

hunting accident,
21

London Book-Store owner,
15
,
20
–1

marriage of,
21

and New Jersey campaign,
105
–6,
109

and New York campaign,
92

noble train of artillery expedition to Ticonderoga,
55
–9

physical appearance,
15

as secretary of war,
242

Knox, Lucy,
69

Knox, Lucy Flucker,
21
,
25
,
37
,
56
–7,
59
,
63
,
69
–72,
105
–6,
146
–7,
203
,
231
,
243

Knyphausen, Wihelm von,
125
–6,
153
,
172

Kosciuszko, Tadeusz “Kos,”
133
,
147

Lafayette, George Washington,
242
,
247

Lafayette, Marquis de (Gilbert de Motier),
147
–8,
152
–6,
176
,
181
–3

physical appearance,
147

visit to U.S. in 1824–1825,
241
–8

Washington on,
216
–17

wounding of,
247

and Yorktown campaign,
215
–20,
222
,
234

Lake Champlain,
21
,
31
,
43
,
82
–3,
90
,
112
,
117,
121
,
124
,
246

Laurens, John,
234

Learned, Ebenezer,
140

Lee, Charles,
57
,
62
,
95
,
172
,
176
,
207
,
219

and Battle of Long Island,
65
–8,
72
,
74

and Battle of Monmouth Courthouse,
153
–5

capture of,
101
,
151
–2,
174
,
182

death of,
238
–9

education and military training of,
9
,
36
–7

John Adams on,
36

physical appearance,
36

resists orders from Washington,
99
–101

on Wayne,
124

Lee, Henry “Light-Horse Harry,”
189
,
204
,
206
–8,
211
–13,
245

Lee, Richard Henry,
40

Lee, Robert E.,
245

Lee’s Legion,
207
,
211

Lewis, Meriwether,
161

Lewis and Clark Expedition,
161

Lexington and Concord, Battles of,
23
–4,
27

Lincoln, Benjamin,
116
,
137
–8,
171
–4,
176
,
229
–30

“Lincolnade,”
174

Littlefield (Greene), Catherine “Caty,”
22
,
69
,
100
–1,
146
–7,
203
,
210
–11

Livingston, Janet.
See
Montgomery, Janet Livingston

Livingston, Sarah.
See
Alexander, Sarah Livingston

Long Island, Battle of,
66
–76,
76
,
77
–80

Louis XV of France,
3

Louis XVIII of France,
244

Magaw, Robert,
96
–7

Mahan, Alfred Thayer,
90

Marion, Francis “Swamp Fox,”
205
,
207
,
211
–13,
245

Martin, Joseph Plumb,
92
,
155
,
226
,
238

Massachusetts Committee of Safety,
28

Mawhood, Charles,
109

McCrea, Jane (Jenny),
112
–13,
115
,
132
,
175

Meigs, Return J.,
42

Mill, John Stuart,
243

Minuit, Peter,
65

Mohawks,
112
–13,
162

Monmouth Courthouse, Battle of,
153
–6,
165
,
181
,
234
,
239
,
241

Monongahela River,
4
,
10
–13,
18
,
24
,
36
,
97
,
133
,
179

Monroe, James,
99
,
106
,
241

Montgomery, Janet Livingston,
47
,
53
–4,
66

Montgomery, Richard,
41
,
43
,
46
–51,
52
,
52
–4,
56
,
58
,
66
,
73
,
81
,
83
,
107

Morgan, Abigail Curry,
40

Morgan, Daniel “the Old Wagoner,”
153
,
165
–6,
208
–9,
217
,
235

and Battle of Cowpens,
197
–202,
204
–5,
209
–10

capture of,
53

death and later years of,
243
–4

early years of,
6
–7

and French and Indian War,
9
,
12

and Invasion of Canada,
40
–2,
44
–6,
48
,
50
–3

marriage of,
40

and Morgan’s riflemen,
39
–42

physical appearance,
7
,
39
,
44

release from captivity,
93
,
132

and Saratoga campaign,
132
–3,
135
–42