INDEX

A

Acland, Major John, 166–67

Adams, Charles Francis, 96–97

Adams John, 93–96

Albany, N.Y., 115, 151

Allaire, Lieutenant Anthony, 197

Allen, Ethan, 36

American Revolution, general discussion: battles and campaigns, xix–xxi

mythology of, xv

nature of, xix–xx

neglect of, xiii

Antigua, W. L, 263–64, 266

Armand, Colonel, 180–81

Arnold, Benedict: character of, xvi

at Ft. Stanwix, 130–31

and Quebec expedition, 36, 40–47

at Saratoga, 142, 151, 155–58, 162–63, 168–70

Assunpink Creek (N.J.), 61, 68–69, 78–79

B

Back Road (N.J.), 81, 83, 85, 88

Balcarres, Major, Earl of, 165, 167

Balcarres redoubt (Saratoga), 163, 165, 169

Barbour’s Wheatfield (Saratoga), 166

Barras, Admiral Comte de, 261, 269, 282, 284

Battle Brook (Oriskany), 122, 124–25

Baum, Colonel Friederich, 145–48

Baurmeister, Major, 111

Beatties Ford, N.C., 228, 230, 232

Bellinger, Colonel Peter, 121–22

Bemis Heights (Saratoga), 150, 152–54, 162, 170

Bennington, Vt., 145–46, 148

Birmingham Meeting House (Brandywine), 99–100, 103, 105–9

Bland, Colonel Theodorick, 96, 98, 100, 102–3, 105

Bordentown, N.J., 58

Bougainville, Admiral Louis Antoine, Comte de, 270, 276–79, 281–82

Boyd’s Ferry (Dan River), 232

Brandywine: battle of, 92–114

Brandywine Creek, Pa., 95–106

Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea), 116, 118, 128

Breed’s Hill, 5, 6

Breymann, Heinrich von, 147–48, 154, 165, 170

Breymann Redoubt (Saratoga), 163, 169–70

Bristol, Pa., 58

British Army: grenadiers and light infantry, xxix–xxx

infantry dress, xxx

infantry organization, xxix

infantry weapons, xxx–xxxi

officers, xxvii–xxix

“British Grenadiers,” 107

British soldier, xxv, xxvii–xxviii

Broad River, N.C., 215, 226

broadsides (naval gunnery), 276–77

Brown Bess, 197, 202

Brunswick, N.J., 58

Buford, Colonel Abraham, 175–76

Bunker Hill: battle of, 3–35

terrain of, 3–5

Burgoyne, General John, 3, 5, 9, 54, 93, 115–16

biographical sketch, 132–34

preparation for invasion expedition, 136–43

Saratoga battles, 144, 146–47, 149–59, 161, 163–64, 170–71

Burgoyne’s expeditionary force, 136–38

Burgoyne’s “Thoughts” paper, 132, 134, 141

Butler, General John (American general), 243–44, 250

Butler, John (Loyalist officer), 125, 128

C

Cadwalader, General John, 61, 75, 85–87

Camden, S.C., 179–80

Camden–Charlotte–Salisbury: as axis for Cornwallis’s advance in the Carolinas, 186, 209

Campbell, Colonel Donald, 49–50

Campbell, Colonel William, 191, 193, 200–202, 204, 242

Cape Charles (Chesapeake Capes), 271

Cape Diamond (Quebec), 49

Cape Hatteras, N.C., 283

Cape Henry (Chesapeake Capes), 271, 282

Carleton, Colonel, Sir Guy, 37, 39, 46, 49, 53–54, 134, 136, 138

Carrington, Lieutenant Colonel Edward, 228, 234–35, 238

Castleton, N.Y., 139–40

Caswell, General Richard, 179–80

Catawba River, N.C., 210, 229–31

Cedar Spring, S.C.: Loyalist victory at, 187

Chadd’s Ford, Pa., 97–101, 105–6, 110

Charles River (Boston), 5

Charleston, S.C.: American surrender of, 172, 174

Charlestown, Mass., 5

Charlestown Neck, 4, 6

Charlotte, N.C., 186, 194–95, 205, 211

Chaudiére River (Me.), 40

Cheraw, S.C., 209–12, 228

Cherokee Ford, S.C., 199

Chesapeake Bay, 92–93, 257–62, 267, 269–71, 283–85, 292

Chesapeake Capes: battle at, 257–93

Cheyney, Squire Thomas, 100, 102

Clarke, Elijah, 187, 189

Clarke, Sir Francis, 167n

Clausewitz, Karl von, 35

Cleveland, Benjamin, 194, 199–200, 205

Clinton, General, Sir Henry, 3, 9, 27–28, 159–61, 171–75, 185, 261–63, 290

Clinton, Major General George, 160–61

Continental Army, xx

contrasted with militia, xxii

infantry organization of, xxv–xxvi

officers’ dress of, xxiv–xxv

weapons, equipment, dress of, xxiii–xxiv

Continental Congress, 35–36

Cooch’s Bridge, Md., 94

Copp’s Hill (Boston), 11

Cornwallis, General Charles, Lord: at Brandywine, 94, 104–5, 107, 110

at Carolinas and Camden, 175, 180–86, 188–89, 196, 206–7

at Princeton campaign, 58–59, 74, 79–80, 90

and “Race to the Dan” and Guilford Courthouse, 227–33, 235–43, 246–48, 251, 254–56

sends Tarleton to Cowpens, 209, 211–15

at Virginia and Yorktown, 257, 259–62, 285–86, 288–91

Coryell’s Ferry (Pa. to N.J.), 58

Cowan’s Ford, N.C.: engagement at, 230–31

Cowpens, S.C., 195–96, 199, 215–18

battle at, 208–26

Cramahe, Hector, 44

Cross Creek, N.C., 186

Cunningham, Major John, 217, 219

D

Dan River (N.C. and Va.), 228, 232–33, 236–41

Davidson, General William, 210, 229, 231

Davie, Major William, 177

Dearborn, Captain Henry, 16, 22, 31, 50, 150, 152, 156, 162, 167

Delaware Capes, 92–93, 264

Delaware River, 60–63, 75

Demooth, Captain John, 121–22

Denard’s Ford, N.C., 195

d’Estaing, Comte, French admiral, 172

Deux-Ponts, Colonel Guillaume de, 288–89

Devil’s Disciple (Shaw): and John Burgoyne, 132

Dickert, Jacob, 191, 191n

Dickert rifle, 191n

Dix’s Ferry (Dan River) 232, 234

Doak, Samuel, 192

Dorchester Heights (Boston), 3

Drake, Admiral Sir Francis, 273, 278–79

Duggin’s Plantation, S.C., 213

Durham boats, 61–62

E

East Branch of Brandywine, Pa., 105

Easterwood Shoals, S.C., 214

Eaton, Colonel Pinketham, 243–44,250

Ewing, General James, 61–65

F

Ferguson, Major Patrick, 97, 186–90, 193–99, 201–6

“Fire and Sword,” proclamation of, 190

28 Sept. 1780, proclamation of, 194–95

Ferguson rifle, 188

Fermoy, Matthias, 77

“Fighting Instructions,” 275n

1st Guards Battalion, 248, 251, 255

Five Mile Run, N.J., 78

Fords of the Brandywine, Pa., 95–96

Fort Anne, N.Y., 141–42

Fort Chambly, N.Y., 37–40

Fort Clinton, N.Y., 159–61

Fort Constitution, N.Y., 161

Fort Dayton, N.Y., 115, 121

Fort Edward, N.Y., 141–42

Fort George, N.Y., 116

Fort Lee, N.Y., 57

Fort Miller, N.Y, 146, 149

Fort Montgomery, N.Y., 159–61

Fort Neilson, Bemis Heights, N.Y., 150, 163

Fort Stanwix, N.Y., 115, 118–21, 123, 130–31, 149

Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., 116, 138–39

Fort Washington, N.Y., 57

Fort Western, Me., 42

Fortescue, Sir John, 33–34, 114, 170–71

Francis, Colonel Turbott, 139–40

Francisco, Sergeant Peter, 254

Fraser, General Simon, 137, 139–40, 151, 153–55, 158–59, 164, 168

Frederick the Great, 114

Freeman’s Farm (Saratoga), 152–53, 155–59, 162–63, 165

Frog Hollow, N.J., 88–89

Fuller, J. F C., 34

G

Gage, General Thomas, 3, 9

Gansevoort, Colonel Peter, 118–19, 121

Gates, General Horatio: commands Southern Department, 208, 210

at Saratoga, 143–44, 150–53, 155, 166, 169–70

Germain, George Sackville, Lord, 134–35, 292–93

German Flats, N.Y., 121

Gilbert Town, N.C., 181, 194

Gist, General Mordecai, 183–84

Gloucester, Va., 261–62, 287–88, 290

Glover, Colonel John, 60–62

“Grand” Army of the Southern Department, 208

Grasse, Admiral Comte de, 262–64, 267, 269–72, 281–86

“grasshoppers,” 213n, 221, 225–26, 226n

Graves, Admiral Thomas, 262–65, 271, 274–76, 280–85, 292

Great Ravine (Saratoga), 150, 154, 163

Great Valley Road, Pa., 98–99, 102, 104, 113

Green River Road (Cowpens), 215, 217, 220

Green Spring, Va.: engagement at, 261

Greene, General Nathanael: at Brandywine, 93, 99, 108–10, 112

at Guilford Courthouse, 245–47

and Race to the Dan, 227–29, 232–43

and strategy in South, 206, 208, 210, 213–14

at Trenton, 60–64

after Yorktown, 292

Gridley, Captain Samuel, 11, 13

Gridley, Colonel Richard, 6

Grindall’s Shoals, S.C., 211, 213–14

Guilford Courthouse, N.C., 233–35, 243–44

battle at, 227–56

Gunby, Colonel John, 252, 254

H

Haitien, Cap, Haiti, 264, 266

Hale, Colonel Nathan, 139–40

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 55

Hamilton, Alexander (American officer), 69–70, 185, 288–89

Hamilton (British general), 153–56

Hammond’s Store, S.C.: American victory at, 211, 212

Hand, Colonel Edward, 77–79

Hanging Rock, S.C.: battle at, 177–78

Hazen, Colonel Moses, 98–99, 102, 106

Head of Elk, Md., 93, 258, 268

Herkimer, General Nicholas, 115, 119, 121–27, 129, 131

Herrick, Colonel Samuel, 147

Hood, Admiral Sir Samuel, 263, 266–68, 271, 275, 280, 282, 284

Howard, Lieutenant Colonel John Eager, 208, 210, 214, 217–18, 223–24, 234, 254

Howe, Admiral Richard Viscount, 55, 92

Howe, General Sir William, 3, 9, 14–15, 19, 27–28, 55–58, 74, 89, 92–95, 99–105, 135–36, 144, 151, 159, 172, 188

Hubbardton, N.Y.: battle at, 139–40

Hudson River, 150–53

Huger, General Isaac, 210–12, 228, 233, 244

I

Irwin’s Ferry (Dan River), 232, 234

J

Jeffrie’s Ford, Pa., 105

Johnson, Colonel Guy, 116

Johnson, Sir John, 116, 123

Johnson, Sir William, 116

K

Kalb, General Johann de, 178–79, 182–84

Kelly, Major John, 90

Kennebec River, Me., 40

Kennett Square, Pa, 95, 97, 104

Kings Mountain, S.C.: battle at: 172–207

terrain of, 197

Klock, Colonel Jacob, 121–22, 124

Knowlton, Captain Thomas, 15, 21–22, 33

Knox, Henry, 62–63, 69–70

Knyphausen, General Wilhelm, Baron von, 94, 97–98, 105, 108, 110

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, 208–9, 228, 238

L

Lafayette, Marquis de, 93, 111, 258–62, 269, 285

Lake Ontario, 116

Lamb, Sergeant Roger, 250

“lasking,” 275–76

Lawson, General Robert, 243–44

Learned, General Ebenezer, 151, 157, 169

lee-gage, 272

Lee, General Charles, 35

Lee, Lieutenant Colonel Henry (“Light Horse Harry”), 229, 236, 238, 240–42, 247, 250

Lee’s Legion, 229, 234, 238, 240–42, 244, 247, 251

Lenud’s Ferry, S.C.: engagement at, 212–13

Leslie, General Alexander, 248, 250

Lincoln, Benjamin, 144, 162–63, 172

line ahead fleet formation, 275–76

Locke, Francis, 176

London (flagship), 274, 276, 284–85

Long Island, battle of, 57, 104, 112

Long, Pierce, 140–41

Lower Town, Quebec, 48

Loyalists (Tories): in South, 137–38, 174, 176–79, 185–89, 197, 200–206, 239–41, 256

Lynnhaven Bay, 269, 271, 281

M

McArthur, Major Archibald, 223, 225

McCrae, Jane, 142, 149, 162

McDowell, Colonel Charles, 187, 189–91, 200

McDowell, Major Joseph, 211, 215–17, 219

McKonkey’s Ferry, (Pa. to N.J.), 61–62, 75

MacLean, Allen, 46

McLeod, Lieutenant, 248, 254–55

Manchester, Vt, 140, 145–46

Marion, Francis, 179, 187

Martinique, W. I. 263–64

Martin’s Tavern, Pa., 99, 113

Matanzas, Cuba, 266

Mawhood, Lieutenant Colonel Charles, 81–88

Maxwell, General William, 94, 96–98, 108, 110–11

Mercer, General Hugh, 81–84

Mercer Heights, N.J., 82, 84–85

Middle Ground (Chesapeake Capes), 273

militia, American, xx–xxii

Mill Creek (Saratoga), 150, 166

Mohawk River Valley, N.Y., 115–16, 118, 120–22, 150

Monck’s Corner, S.C., 212

Montgomery, General Richard, 37–40, 46–50

Montreal, Canada, 37–40

Montresor, John, 40

Morgan, Captain Daniel: at Cowpens, 208–26

with Greene after Cowpens, 227–30, 232–34, 243–44

in Quebec, 41–42, 51–54

at Saratoga, 150, 152, 155–56, 162, 166, 168–69

Morris, Robert, 76

Morristown, N.J., 92

Moulder, Captain Joseph, 86, 89–90

Muhlenberg, General John, 109

Murphy, Timothy, 169

Musgrove’s Mill, S.C.: engagement at, 187

Mystic River (Boston area), 5

N

Nassau Hall, N.J., 89

New Garden-Guilford Courthouse Road, N.C., 247

New Garden Meeting House, N.C.: engagement at, 247

New Garden, N.C., 243–44, 246

New Hampshire General Court (state legislature), 145

New York City, 55–57

Nichols, Colonel Moses, 147

Ninety-Six, S.C., 186–87, 209, 211–12

North, Sir Frederick, Lord, 292–93

O

O’Hara, General Charles, 231, 232–33, 238, 248, 251, 252, 291

Old Iron Works, S.C., 214

Oriskany: battle of, 115–31

Osborne’s Hill (Brandywine), 105, 109

P

Pacolet River, S.C., 211, 213–14

Palace Gate (Quebec), 51

Peyster, Captain Abraham de, 197, 201, 203–4

Philadelphia, Pa., 92–94

Phillips, General William, 136–37, 153, 157, 164, 257–59

Pickens, Andrew, 187, 215, 217, 219, 221, 223, 241–42

Pigot, General Sir Robert, 9, 28

Pitcairn, Major John, 30n

Plains of Abraham, Quebec, 44–46

Pointe aux Trembles, Canada, 46

Ponder, John, 199

Poor, General Enoch, 166–67

Post Road (Princeton–Trenton), 81–84

Prescott, Colonel William, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17–18, 23, 26, 28–33

Putnam, General Israel, 6, 9–11, 16, 22, 26–27, 31–32, 35, 159–60

Pyle, Colonel John, 240–41

Pyle’s Defeat, 240–41

Q

Quaker Meadows, N.C., 193

Quebec: battle of, 35–54

R

Rail, Colonel Johann, 60, 65–69, 70–73

Ramsour’s Mills, N.C., 227–28

Rawdon, Francis, Lord, 179–80, 182–83, 212

Reed, Colonel Joseph, 60

Reedy Fork, N.C., 242

Riedesel, General Friederich, Baron von, 136–37, 130–40, 144, 153–54, 157–58, 164, 167

rifle, flintlock: Ferguson’s breech-loading invention, 188

“long” or “Kentucky,” 191

and the musket, xv

origin and characteristics, xxvi–xxvii

riflemen, xxvi–xxvii, 41–43, 51–54

Ring, Benjamin House (Brandywine), 98

Rochambeau, General Vicomte de, 178, 258, 261–62, 266, 268, 281, 291

Rocky Mount, S.C.: engagement at, 177

Rodney, Admiral George, 263–65

Rodney, Captain Thomas, 63

Ross, Lieutenant Colonel, 99–102

Rugeley’s Mill, S.C., 180–85

S

Saint Charles River (Quebec), 46

St. Clair, General Arthur, 138–42

Saint Johns, 37–40

St. Leger, Lieutenant Colonel Barry (temporary Brig. Gen.), 115–21, 130–31

Saint Roche (Quebec), 48

Salem, Peter, 30

Salisbury, N.C., 228, 233

Sancoick’s Mill, Vt., 146

Saratoga: battle of, 132–71

Burgoyne’s surrender at, 171

Sault au Matelot, Quebec, 48–49

Savannah, Ga.: siege of, 172

Schuyler, General Philip, 35–36, 141–43

Schuyler, Hon Yost, 130

Sconneltown, Pa., 105

2nd Guards Battalion, 248, 251, 253

17th Light Dragoons, 213

7th Regiment of Foot, 213, 221, 224

71st Highlanders, 213, 221, 223, 225, 248, 250, 252–53, 255

Sevier, Colonel John, 190–91, 199–200, 202–3

Shabbakonk Creek, N.J., 78

Shelby, Colonel Isaac, 187, 189–91, 199–200, 202, 204, 206

Singleton, Captain Anthony, 183

Skenesboro, N.Y, 130, 141

Smallwood, General William, 183–84

Spear, Major James, 113

Stark, John, 12–13, 16–17, 20–21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 33, 145–48

Steele’s Tavern, 232

Stephen, General Adam, 99, 103, 106, 108

Stevens, General Edward, 180, 182–83, 243–44

Stirling, General William Alexander, Lord, 60–62, 106–8

Stony Brook, N.J., 81–83

Stuart, Lieutenant Colonel James, 253–54

Sullivan, General John, 61–64, 85, 88–89, 96, 97n, 99–106, 108–10

Sumter, General Thomas, 177–78, 187, 210

Sycamore Shoals, S.C., 191–93

T

tactics: British and American, xxxi–xxxii

Tarleton, Banastre, 181, 184, 184n, 197, 212–26, 231, 242, 247, 255

Tarleton’s Legion, 213, 221, 225

Tarrant’s Tavern, N.C.: engagement at, 231

Tate’s Plantation, N.C., 195–96

Täte’s Virginia militia, 217

Thicketty Creek, S.C., 214, 219

Thicketty Fort, S.C.: captured by Patriots, 187

33rd Regiment of Foot, 248, 250–51

Trading Ford, N.C. (Yadkin River), 233

Trenton, N.J.: American artillery at, 62–63

and Princeton, 55–91

Second Battle of, 78–79

Trevelyan, George, 58

Trimble’s Ford (Brandywine), 104

Triplett’s Virginia militia at Cowpens, 217, 223

Tryon County, N.Y., 115–16, 121, 131, 151

Turkey Creek, S.C., 213, 229

23rd Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 248, 252, 253

Tyger River, S.C., 213

V

Verplanck’s Point, Hudson River, 160–61

Ville de Paris (de Grasse’s flagship), 270, 286

Visscher, Colonel Richard, 121–22, 125

von Bose Regiment, 248, 251

W

Wallace’s Company, Virginia militia at Cowpens, 223–24

Walloomsac River, Vt., 146

Ward, General Artemas, 5, 12, 32, 35

Warner, Colonel Seth, 139–40, 145–46, 148

Washington, George: as commander in chief, 33–35, 40

at Brandywine, 98–99, 103–6, 112–14

as a military leader, xvi–xvii

at Princeton, 75–78, 87–96

at Trenton, 55–61, 69–70

and Yorktown campaign, 258, 260, 262–63, 266, 268–69, 281, 285–86, 288, 292

Washington, William, 210–11, 218, 224–25, 229, 234, 242, 244, 254

Waxhaws, S.C.: site of Tarleton’s massacre of Buford’s regiment, 175–76, 212, 213

Wayne, General Anthony, 96, 108, 110–11, 261

“wearing,” 273

weather-gage, 272–73, 275

Webster, Lieutenant Colonel James, 182–84, 230–31, 242, 248, 250–51, 253

Weedon, General George, 109–10

Welch’s Tavern (Brandywine), 97, 113

West Branch of Brandywine, Pa., 104

Wetzell’s Mills, N.C.: engagement at, 242

White Plains, N.Y.: battle of, 57

Wiederhold, Lieutenant Andreas, 65–68

Wilkinson, Lieutenant James, 166

Willett, Lieutenant Colonel Marinus. 119, 129

Williamsburg, Va., 260, 285–86

Williamson’s Plantation, S.C.: engagement at, 177

Williams, Otho, 180–81, 183, 234–38, 241–42, 244

Wilmington, N.C., 256–57

Winnsboro, S.C., 206, 209, 211–12

Wolfe, General James, 44

Wolfe’s Cove (Quebec), 44, 49–50

Wood Creek, N.Y.: and Burgoyne’s expedition, 141

Y

Yadkin River, N.C., 231–33

Yorktown, Va., 261–62, 286–87, 292

Young, Thomas, 219