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by Jack Kelly


  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

  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,” 17
4

  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

  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

  Mohawks, 112–13, 162

  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

  Harlem Heights, 91, 93–4, 94, 238

  and Washington’s farewell to officers, 238–9

  Newburgh Conspiracy, 236–7

  North, Lord, 234

  O’Hara, Charles, 205, 230

  Oliver, Andrew, 17

  Oneida, 162

  Outrages, 12

  Paddock, Adino, 17

  Paine, Thomas, 37, 104, 130

  Paoli Massacre, 127–9, 166, 175

  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

  Pringle, Thomas, 86, 88

  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

  Rall, Johann, 97–8, 104, 106

  redoubts (small forts), 25, 33, 35, 119–20, 137, 139–41, 224, 225, 228–9

  Reed, Joseph, 99–100, 186

  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

  Roxbury, 25, 32, 32–3, 60

  Royster, Charles, 235

  Rugeley’s Mills, 177

  Rush, Benjamin, 104, 107

  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

  Schuylkill River, 128, 143

  Second Continental Congress, 24

  Senter, Isaac, 46, 50, 81

  Seven Years’ War. See French and Indian War

  Sevier, John, 190

  Shawnee Indians, 158

  Shelby, Isaac, 190–3

  Shippen, Peggy, 182

  Shirley, William, 66

  Skenesborough, 84, 112, 115, 117

  slavery, 7, 12, 173, 245

  smallpox, 19, 37, 48, 81, 83

  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

  Stephen, Adam, 2, 126, 129

  Steuben, Friedrich von, 148–50, 152–4, 156, 176, 181, 208, 216, 237–9, 245

  Stevens, Edward, 177–9, 209

  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

  Sullivan, John, 62, 95, 246

  and Battle of Long Island, 73–4, 76, 77, 81–2

  and Battle of Trenton, 104, 106

  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

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  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

  Vincennes, 158–9, 159, 160

  Walloomsac River, 118

  Walpole, Horace, 5, 9, 112

  Ward, Artemas, 32, 35–6

  Ward, Nancy, 19, 22

  Warner, James, 44, 46, 48

  Warner, Jemima, 44, 46, 48

  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, Jack, 3, 64, 98

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

  Washington, William, 195–6, 201–2, 204, 213

  Waterbury, David, 86–7, 89

  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

 

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