Band of Giants_The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence
Page 35
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
&
nbsp; 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
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