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and Southern campaigns,
194
–202
volunteers for Continental Army,
39
Morison, George,
45
Motier, Gilbert de (Marquis de Lafayette),
147
Moultrie, William,
172
Murphy, Timothy,
140
mutiny and desertions,
95
,
116
,
182
,
185
–7,
207
,
215
–17,
226
,
235
–6
Napoleon Bonaparte,
243
–4
Napoleonic Wars,
246
Native Americans
Iroquois,
3
,
113
,
162
,
167
,
169
–70,
246
Lafayette’s meeting with in 1825,
245
–6
Oneida,
162
Shawnee Indians,
158
Tanaghrisson (“Half King”),
1
–4
Tuscarora,
162
Nelson, Thomas,
220
New York
Battle of Fort Washington,
96
–8
Battle of Kings Mountain,
192
–4
Battle of Long Island,
66
–76,
76
,
77
–80
Battle of White Plains,
95
British landing at Kips Bay,
91
–3
Brooklyn Heights,
68
–9,
76
,
94
,
173
as commercial hub,
95
fighting around,
94
and Washington’s farewell to officers,
238
–9
Newburgh Conspiracy,
236
–7
North, Lord,
234
Oliver, Andrew,
17
Oneida,
162
Outrages,
12
Paddock, Adino,
17
Parker, John,
24
Penrose (Wayne), Mary (Polly),
123
–4,
129
,
146
–7
Percy, Hugh,
24
Philadelphia campaign,
123
–8,
128
,
129
–30
Pickens, Andrew,
197
,
200
–1,
207
–8
Poor, Enoch,
114
,
135
,
139
–40,
144
,
165
Pope’s Day,
16
–17
Prescott, William,
33
Preston, Thomas,
18
–19
Princeton, Battle of,
107
–9
Pulaski, Casimir,
147
Putnam, Israel,
27
–8,
32
–3,
59
–60,
62
,
68
,
74
–5,
77
,
92
–3,
97
,
137
Putnam, Rufus,
60
Pyle, John,
208
Pyle’s Defeat (Pyle’s Hacking Match, Pyle’s Massacre),
208
Quebec, Battle of,
48
–54
Race to the Dan,
205
–7
redoubts (small forts),
25
,
33
,
35
,
119
–20,
137
,
139
–41,
224
,
225
,
228
–9
Riedesel, Friedrich von,
136
Robertson, Archibald 62–3
Rochambeau, Comte de,
181
–2,
219
,
222
–3,
225
,
229
–30
Rogers, Robert,
114
Rogers’ Rangers,
114
Royster, Charles,
235
Rugeley’s Mills,
177
Saratoga, Battle of,
134
–43
Saratoga campaign,
115
–16,
117,
118
–21,
131
–43
Schuyler, Philip,
41
,
43
,
47
,
49
,
58
,
83
–4,
111
,
116
,
131
–2,
137
Second Continental Congress,
24
Seven Years’ War.
See
French and Indian War
Sevier, John,
190
Shawnee Indians,
158
Shelby, Isaac,
190
–3
Shippen, Peggy,
182
Shirley, William,
66
Smallwood, William,
75
Smith, Francis,
24
Southern campaigns,
189
–213
St. Clair, Arthur,
111
St. Leger, Barry,
117,
132
Stamp Act,
16
–17
Stark, John,
27
,
31
,
33
–5,
132
,
141
,
172
and Battle of Bennington,
131
,
141
,
194
and Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill,
33
–5,
42
,
198
death and later years of,
246
resigns from Continental Army,
114
and Saratoga campaign,
113
–16,
118
–21
Stark, William,
114
Steuben, Friedrich von,
148
–50,
152
–4,
156
,
176
,
181
,
208
,
216
,
237
–9,
245
Stewart, Alexander,
212
–13
Stirling, Lord (William Alexander),
66
–9,
74
–8,
95
,
126
,
146
,
154
,
156
,
239
Stony Point, Battle of,
165
–7
Stuart, Gilbert,
2
and Battle of Long Island,
73
–4,
76
,
77
,
81
–2
and Philadelphia campaign,
124
–6
Sullivan campaign,
163
–7,
168,
169
–70
Sumter, Thomas “Carolina Gamecock,”
205
,
207
,
211
–12
Tanaghrisson (“Half King”),
1
–4
Tarleton, Banastre “Bloody Tarleton,”
101
,
178
,
224
,
228
,
230
and Battle of Camden,
180
and Battle of Cowpens,
196
–202,
210
and Pyle’s Defeat,
208
and Race to the Dan,
205
–6
and Waxhaws Massacre,
174
–5
and Yorktown campaign,
216
–18
Thacher, James,
227
–9
Tilghman, Tench,
204
Tory, use of the term,
18
Townshend Acts,
17
–19
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle,
3
Treaty of Paris,
237
–8
Trenton, Battle of,
103
–7
Trumbull, Jonathan,
104
Tuscarora,
162
ultima ratio regum
(the last argument of kings),
56
USS Brandywine,
248
USS Constitution,
242
Valcour Island, Battle of,
81
–90
Valley Forge,
128
,
143
–53,
170
,
176
,
220
,
235
Vauban, Marquis de,
224
verloren hoop
(detached troop),
50
Walloomsac River,
118
Warner, Seth,
112
,
116
,
118
–20,
140
Warren, Mercy Otis,
18
Washington, George (“Old Fox,” “Old Man,” “Old Hoss”),
55
,
57
–8,
111
,
116
,
119
,
194
–5,
233
–6,
243
,
245
–7
appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army,
35
–8
and Arnold’s defection,
182
–5
and Battle of Long Island,
65
,
68
–74,
76
–80,
89
and Battle of Monmouth Courthouse,
153
–6
burial site of,
242
death of,
242
early life and education of,
2
farewell to officers,
238
–9
and fortification of Dorchester Heights,
59
–64
and French and Indian War,
1
–14
and Invasion of Canada,
41
–2
and Jumonville Glen battle,
1
–6,
64
,
129
,
161
and Kips Bay,
91
–3
on Knox,
238
on Lafayette,
216
–17
on Lee,
65
marriage of,
13
on military discipline,
13
and Monongahela battle,
8
–14
on Montgomery’s death,
53
and morale of troops,
185
–7,
236
–7
and New Jersey campaign,
103
–7,
108
,
109
–10
and New York campaign,
91
–3,
94
,
94
–101
Paine on,
37
and Philadelphia campaign,
123
–30,
137
physical appearance,
2
on Stark,
121
and Sullivan campaign,
161
–7
and Valley Forge,
143
–56
visit to West Point,
182
–4
and Yorktown campaign,
215
,
219
–20,
222
–4,
225
,
226
,
228
–31
Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis,
13
,
59
,
69
,
146
,
151
,
219
,
231
,
242
Washington, William,
195
–6,
201
–2,
204
,
213
Waxhaws Massacre,
175
Wayne, Anthony (“Dandy,” “Mad Anthony”),
148
,
184
–6,
230
,
233
–5,
247
and Battle of Brandywine Creek,
124
–7
and Battle of Germantown,
128
–9
and Battle of Monmouth Courthouse,
152
–7
and Battle of Stony Point,
165
–7,
181
conflict with Morgan,
165
–6
death and later years,
245
early life and education of,
123
–4
marriage of,
123
and Paoli Massacre,
127
–8
physical appearance,
123
on Washington,
148
and Yorktown campaign,
215
,
217
–19
Wayne, Mary “Polly,”
123
–4,
129
,
146
–7
Webster, James,
209
Weeden, George,
223
Whig, use of the term,
18
White Plains,
94
,
95
,
99
,
108
,
172
,
219
Whitman, Walt,
247
Wolff, James,
12
Yorktown campaign,
215
–31