Acland, Major John, 166–67
Adams, Charles Francis, 96–97
Adams John, 93–96
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
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
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
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
broadsides (naval gunnery), 276–77
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
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
Charlotte, N.C., 186, 194–95, 205, 211
Chaudiére River (Me.), 40
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, 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
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
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 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
East Branch of Brandywine, Pa., 105
Easterwood Shoals, S.C., 214
Eaton, Colonel Pinketham, 243–44,250
Ewing, General James, 61–65
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 Edward, N.Y., 141–42
Fort George, N.Y., 116
Fort Lee, N.Y., 57
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
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
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
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
Irwin’s Ferry (Dan River), 232, 234
Jeffrie’s Ford, Pa., 105
Johnson, Colonel Guy, 116
Johnson, Sir John, 116, 123
Johnson, Sir William, 116
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
Knyphausen, General Wilhelm, Baron von, 94, 97–98, 105, 108, 110
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, 208–9, 228, 238
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
McArthur, Major Archibald, 223, 225
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
Martinique, W. I. 263–64
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
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
Nassau Hall, N.J., 89
New Garden-Guilford Courthouse Road, N.C., 247
New Garden Meeting House, N.C.: engagement at, 247
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’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
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
Quaker Meadows, N.C., 193
Quebec: battle of, 35–54
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
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
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
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
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
23rd Regiment, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 248, 252, 253
Tyger River, S.C., 213
Verplanck’s Point, Hudson River, 160–61
Ville de Paris (de Grasse’s flagship), 270, 286
Visscher, Colonel Richard, 121–22, 125
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
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
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
Yadkin River, N.C., 231–33
Yorktown, Va., 261–62, 286–87, 292
Young, Thomas, 219