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Page numbers in italics denote information in maps.

71st Highlander Regiment,
197
,
201
–2

Acland, John,
139

Adams, Abigail,
23
,
36
,
60
–1,
64
,
202
,
242

Adams, John,
19
,
23
,
41
,
60
,
70
,
219
,
245

on Battle of Long Island,
80

Lafayette’s meeting with in 1824,
242

on Lee,
36
,
66

and Treaty of Paris,
237

on Washington,
72

Adams, John Quincy,
244
,
247

Adams, Samuel,
17
,
20
,
24
,
133

Addison, Joseph,
147

Alexander, Sarah Livingston,
66
–7

Alexander, William (Lord Stirling),
66
–9,
74
–8,
95
,
126
,
146
,
154
,
156
,
239

Allen, Ethan,
28
–31,
38
,
111
–12

Allen, Thomas “the Fighting Parson,”
119

American Revolution, battles and campaigns

Bemis Heights, Battle of,
117,
133
,
135
–41

Bennington, Battle, of,
116
,
117,
118
,
172
,
194

Brandywine Creek, Battle of,
125
–6,
128
,
147
,
163
,
190
,
207
,
234
,
239
,
247

Bunker (Breeds) Hill, Battle of,
33
–5

Camden, Battle of,
175
–80

Canada, Invasion of,
39
–54

Charleston, Siege of,
171
–5,
180
,
229

Cowpens, Battle of,
197
–202

Dorchester Heights, fortification of,
59
–64

Eutaw Springs, Battle of,
212
–13

Fort Washington, Battle of,
96
–8

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

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

Hobkirk’s Hill, Battle of,
210
–11

Kings Mountain, Battle of,
192
–4

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

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

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

Paoli Massacre,
127
–9,
166
,
175

Philadelphia campaign,
123
–8,
128
,
129
–30

Princeton, Battle of,
107
–9

Pyle’s Defeat,
208

Quebec, Battle of,
48
–54

Race to the Dan,
205
–8

Saratoga, Battle of,
134
–43

Saratoga campaign,
115
–16,
117,
118
–21,
131
–43

Southern campaigns,
189
–213

Stony Point, Battle of,
165
–7

Sullivan campaign,
163
–7,
168,
169
–70

Trenton, Battle of,
103
–7

Valcour Island, Battle of,
81
–90

Waxhaws Massacre,
175

White Plains, Battle of,
95

Yorktown campaign,
215
–31

Yorktown, Siege of,
223
–4,
225
,
225
–31

André, John,
184

Arnold, Benedict,
73
,
124
,
152
,
172
,
215

and Battle of Saratoga,
135
–40,
142

and Battle of Valcour Island,
81
–90,
100
,
111

and capture of Fort Ticonderoga,
28
–31

death and later years,
246

death of wife (Margaret),
31

defection of,
182
–6,
189
,
215

Gates and,
83
–5,
132
,
134
–40

and invasion of Canada,
42
,
43
,
43
–51,
52

marriage to Piggy Shippen,
182

physical appearance,
29

wounding of,
140
,
146

Articles of War,
6
,
217

Atlee, Samuel,
75

Barras, Comte de,
220
,
223

battles.
See
American Revolution, battles and campaigns

Baum, Friedrich,
118
–20

Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de,
149

Bemis Heights, Battle of,
117,
133
,
135
–41

Bennington, Battle, of,
116
,
117,
118
,
172
,
194

Bernard, Francis,
17

Boston

1775–1776,
32

Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill,
33
–5

British generals arrive in,
32
–3

Boston Grenadier Corps,
21

Boston Massacre,
15
–19

Boston Tea Party,
21

Cambridge,
25
,
27
,
32
,
32
–3,
35
,
41
,
57
–8

fortification of Dorchester Heights,
59

land filling in,
32

as “Metropolis of Sedition,”
16

Pope’s Day protests,
16
–17

and Townshend Acts,
17
–19

Braddock, Edward,
5
–14,
36
,
39
,
44
,
55
,
66
,
97
,
115
,
133

Brandywine Creek, Battle of,
125
–6,
128
,
147
,
163
,
190
,
207
,
234
,
239
,
247

Brant, Joseph,
162

Breymann, Heinrich von,
119
–20,
140
–1

Brodhead, Daniel,
164
,
169

Brooklyn Heights,
68
–9,
76
,
94
,
173

Buford, Abraham,
174
–5,
193
,
208

Bunker (Breeds) Hill, Battle of,
33
–5

Burgoyne, John,
35
,
59
,
111
–12

and Battle of Bennington,
115
–18,
120
–1,
194
,
228
,
246

and killing of Jenny McCrea,
112
–13

physical appearance,
142

reputation of,
33

and Saratoga campaign,
131
–7,
139
–42

Burr, Aaron,
44
,
245

Butler, John,
162

Butler, Walter,
162

Cadwalader, John,
107

Camden, Battle of,
175
–80

campaigns.
See
American Revolution, battles and campaigns

Campbell, William,
190
–2,
217

Canada, Invasion of,
39
–54

Carleton, Guy,
41
,
47
–51,
81
,
85
–90,
235

Charleston, Siege of,
171
–5,
180
,
229

Chew, Benjamin,
129

Cilley, Joseph,
139

Clark, George Rogers,
157
–61,
246

Clement, William,
120

Cleveland, Benjamin,
190

Clinton, Henry,
35
,
66
,
72
,
80
,
100
,
112
–13,
137
,
141
,
162
,
205
,
234
–5

and Arnold,
184

on Battle of Cowpens,
202

on Battle of Kings Mountain,
194

and Battle of Monmouth Courthouse,
153
,
155

knighthood awarded to,
112

and march from Philadelphia to New York,
151
–3

physical appearance,
33

and Siege of Charleston,
170
–4

and Sullivan campaign,
164
–5,
167
,
168

and Yorktown campaign,
215
,
217
,
219
–21,
228
–9

Continental Army

creation of,
35

desertions and mutiny,
95
,
116
,
182
,
185
–7,
207
,
215
–17,
226
,
235
–6

Morgan’s riflemen,
39
–42,
44
–5,
48
,
50
–2,
133
,
136
–7,
141

pay and pensions for,
235
–7

Pennsylvania Line,
185
,
215

size after Yorktown,
238

Virginia Regiment,
12

Washington appointed commander-in-chief of,
35

Conway, Thomas,
148

Cornwallis, Charles,
66
,
125
,
176
,
245

and Battle of Camden,
178
,
189

and Battle of Guilford Court House,
208
,
210
,
212
,
216

and Battle of Long Island,
72
,
77
–8,
80

and Battle of Monmouth Courthouse,
153

and Fort Lee,
98
–9

and New Jersey campaign,
107
–10

and Pyle’s Defeat,
208

and Race to the Dan,
205
–7

and Southern campaigns,
189
–97,
202

and Yorktown campaign,
216
–220,
222
–4,
225
,
228
–9,
234
,
242

Coulon de Villiers, Joseph (Jumonville),
3

Coulon de Villiers, Louis,
5
,
12

Cowpens, Battle of,
197
–202

Curry (Morgan), Abigail,
40

Custis (Washington), Martha Dandridge,
13
,
59
,
69
,
146
,
151
,
219
,
231
,
242

Davis, Samuel,
14

Deane, Silas,
147

Dearborn, Henry,
34
,
42
–3,
133
,
136
,
139
–40,
165

Declaration of Independence,
70
–1,
245

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen,
243

DePeyster, Abraham,
192
–3

desertions and mutiny,
95
,
116
,
182
,
185
–7,
207
,
215
–17,
226
,
235
–6

Dinwiddie, Robert,
4
,
12

Dorchester Heights, fortification of,
59
–64

Dudingston, William,
20

Dunbar, Thomas,
9
,
11
–12

Eastman, Amos,
114

Enos, Roger,
43
,
45

d’Estaing, Charles,
163
–4,
172

Eutaw Springs, Battle of,
212
–13

Ferguson, Patrick,
190
–4

First Continental Congress,
23

First Delaware Regiment,
75

Fischer, David Hackett,
105

Flucker, Hannah,
63

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

Flucker, Thomas,
21

Forbes, John,
12

Fort Anne,
117

Fort Cumberland,
7
–8

Fort Duquesne,
4
,
8
–12

Fort Edward,
43
,
112
,
115
–16,
117,
141

Fort George,
43
,
56
–7

Fort Lee,
94
,
95
–7,
99
,
108

Fort Moultrie,
173

Fort Necessity,
4
–6,
13
,
31

Fort Niagara,
162
,
165
,
168,
169