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by Thomas J McGuire


  fords of, 304

  Sconneltown, 194

  Scotch Plains, 53

  Scott, William, 183, 214–15

  Sectionalism, 80–82

  Serle, Ambrose, 83, 84, 109, 110, 111, 135, 136, 147

  Short Hills, battle of, 58

  Shreve, John, 235

  Simcoe, John Graves, 14, 246

  Simms, Charles, 173, 176

  Simpson, Michael, 246

  Smallwood, William, 142–43, 217, 222

  British advance on Wayne and Philadelphia, 300, 316–17

  condition of troops, 283–84

  position of troops, 171

  Smith, Elizabeth, 287

  Smith, Nathaniel, 112

  Smith, Samuel, 191, 223, 224, 225, 241–42, 266–67

  South, sectionalism, 81

  South Valley Hill, 288, 290, 303–4

  Spear, Joseph, 187, 191–93

  Spies, 35–36

  Spottswood, Alexander, 256

  Staten Island, 72, 141–42

  Stedman, Margaret, 270

  Stenton, 100–1, 104, 123, 326

  Stephen, Adam, 198

  Brandywine, battle of, 198, 219

  Virginia Brigade, 170, 197, 198

  Stevens, Edward, 256

  Stewart, Walter, 119, 149, 150, 243, 258

  Stirke, Henry, 161, 286, 287

  Stirling, Lord, 52, 53, 54

  Brandywine, battle of, 197, 198, 219, 222, 228–29, 236

  Stone, John, 78, 222, 223, 224, 255

  Stony Run, 323

  Stuart, Charles, 39, 45, 47, 58, 61, 111, 113–14, 146, 233, 254

  Sullivan, John (General), 37, 41, 53, 141–42

  Brandywine, battle of, 184–85, 190–93, 198–99, 203, 217–23, 226, 227–28, 231–32, 239, 256, 257

  criticism of, 217–23

  position of troops, 171

  recall of, 284–85

  Quaker plot, 273

  Sullivan, Thomas (Sgt.), 36, 48, 54, 58, 110, 315

  Brandywine, battle of, 177, 178, 181–82, 245, 247–48

  Swedes Ford, 274, 281–82, 298

  Tarleton, Banastre, 54–55

  Thomas, Phebe Mendenhall. See Mendenhall, Phebe

  Thompson, Archibald, 323

  Thompson, John, 147

  Thompson Tavern, 323

  Townsend, Joseph, 172, 194, 195–96, 203–4, 206–7, 268–69, 288

  Townsend, William, 172–73

  Treatise on Partisan Warfare (Ewald), 44

  Tredyffrin (Truduffrin), 296, 305, 307

  Trenton, battle of, 6

  Turk's Head, 287–88

  Twistleton, Thomas, 37

  Valley Forge, 296–97, 303

  Van Horne family, 20–21

  Vaughan, John, 53

  Vernon, Jacob, 286

  Vernon, Nathaniel, 301

  Vigilant, 133

  Virginia, militia from, 123

  Von Bardeleben, Johann, 35–36

  Von Donop, Karl, 6, 21, 74, 139, 207, 289

  Von Feilitzsch, Heinrich, 106, 110, 134, 167, 237, 238

  Von Forstner, Carl, 238

  Von Hagen, Wilhelm, 183, 201

  Von Heister, Leopold Philip, 13–14, 31, 32–33, 68

  Von Knyphausen, Wilhelm, 32, 138, 139

  Brandywine, battle of, 173, 175, 193, 199, 244, 245, 248, 251

  Von Lengerke battalion, 207, 208

  Von Linsing battalion, 207, 208

  Von Loos, Johann, 278

  Von Minnegerode battalion, 207–8

  Von Münchhausen, Levin Friedrich Ernst, 13, 295, 303, 325

  Ash Swamp, 53

  Boot Tavern, 292

  Brandywine, battle of, 198, 204, 221, 230, 237, 239–40

  British intelligence problem, 28

  horses, 136

  Great Valley, 296

  Howe's plans, 37, 40–41, 48, 73, 99

  lack of action and information by Howe, 76–77

  landing of Hessians, 133

  Newport, 160

  prisoners, 43–44

  rebel flags, 111

  reconnoitering of Americans, 143, 145

  at sea, 105, 107, 110

  Von Wangenheim, Friedrich, 152, 154

  Von Wreden, Carl, 237, 321

  Von Wurmb, Ludwig, 203, 213–14, 237–38

  Waggoner, Andrew, 181

  Waldeck, Johann Philipp, 72

  Warrel, John, 50

  Warren, Peter, 285

  Warren Tavern, 285, 302, 308

  Warwick Furnace, 293, 296

  Washington, George, 7

  army, rebuilding of, 77–78

  arrival in Philadelphia, 95

  Brandywine, battle of, 189–91, 197, 243, 252–53, 263

  Brandywine, position after, 281–82, 290

  British advance on Philadelphia, 300

  brutality and mutilation of Martin, 30–31

  Christiana Bridge, 156

  Congress, relations with, 19–20, 24

  Cresswell's view of, 61–62

  criticism of, upon the retreat from Howe, 57–58

  desertions, 17

  landing spots for British, probable, 89

  Moncrieff Bridge fighting, 49

  plundering by British, 60

  plundering by troops, 16, 147–49, 306

  problem with long rifles, 38

  recall of Sullivan, 284–85

  reconnoitering of British, 142–43

  Spear and, 193

  state of the army after Trenton, 10–11

  at Stenton, 123

  Watson, Elkannah, 164, 166

  Wayne, Anthony, 28, 31, 38, 43, 48, 49

  around Wilmington, 150–51

  attack on, 311–18

  Brandywine, battle of, 248–51

  British advance on Philadelphia, 300–3, 304, 307

  Chester Road, 288

  communications with Washington, captured, 304

  information about impending attack on, 308–11

  Lancaster Road, 283

  Paoli, battle of (Paoli Massacre), 163, 313–18

  position of troops, 170

  Weather, affects of, 17, 25, 66, 72, 74–75, 85, 85, 107–9, 119

  Weedon, George, 243

  Weedon's Virginia Brigades, 101, 102, 143, 160, 170, 243, 255–58

  Welch's Tavern, 175

  Wemyss, James, 175, 177

  West, George, 70–71

  West, William Augustus. See Cantelupe, Lord

  Westfield, 58–59

  Wharton, Thomas, 100, 126

  White Clay Creek, 142, 143, 149, 155, 157, 160

  White Horse Tavern, 285, 290, 302

  White, John, 118–19

  White, William, 215

  Williams, William, 66, 67, 230, 249

  Wilmington, 150, 278–79

  Wilmington Road, 257

  Wilson, George, 182, 183

  Wilson, James, 183, 311

  Winds, William, 10

  Wister's (Wistar's) Ford, 171, 196

  Woodford, General, 238

  Wreden, Carl, 289

  Wrottesley, John, 21, 69

  Wyatt, Thomas, 250

  Yellow Springs, 291–92, 293

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