Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence (37 page)

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

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

death and later years,
245

early life and education of,
123
–4

marriage of,
123

and Paoli Massacre,
127
–8

physical appearance,
123

on Washington,
148

and Yorktown campaign,
215
,
217
–19

Wayne, Mary “Polly,”
123
–4,
129
,
146
–7

Webster, James,
209

Weeden, George,
223

Whig, use of the term,
18

White Plains,
94
,
95
,
99
,
108
,
172
,
219

Whitman, Walt,
247

Wilkinson, James,
81
–2,
138
–9

Williams, Otho,
204
,
206
–7

Williamsburg,
221
,
222
,
224

Wolff, James,
12

Yorktown campaign,
215
–31

Yorktown, Siege of,
223
–4,
225
,
225
–31