First Salute (57 page)

29
TARLETON CHARGED WITH BURNING LIVESTOCK:
Wickwire, 258.

30
WAXHAW MASSACRE:
Dupuy, 347.

31
GREENE, “WE FIGHT, GET BEAT”:
on the campaigns in the Carolinas, letter of June 22, 1781, to Luzerne, q. Dupuy, 411.

32
SWAMP FOX “HAD SO WROUGHT ON THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE”:
q. Wickwire, 191.

33
FERGUSON’S PROCLAMATION:
Wickwire, 208.

34
FERGUSON MESSAGE, “SOMETHING MUST BE DONE”:
Dupuy, 368.

35
KING’S MOUNTAIN:
Wickwire, 195 et seq.; Dupuy, 367-70.

36
LOYALISTS “DASTARDLY AND PUSILLANIMOUS”:
q. Wickwire, 221.

37
PRISONERS TRIED FOR TREASON AND HANGED:
ibid., 218.

38
GREENE TO JEFFERSON, “THE GREAT BODY OF THE PEOPLE ARE WITH US … THEY ARE A LIFELESS AND INANIMATE MASS”:
November 19, 1780, q. Malone, 232.

39
WASHINGTON, “WE HAVE BUT A HANDFUL OF MEN”:
q. Freeman, V, 177.

40
WASHINGTON, “THE SAME BOUNTIFUL PROVIDENCE”:
q. Freeman, V, 250.

41
WASHINGTON, “THE GAME IS YET IN OUR HANDS”:
to John Matthews, June, 1781, q. Freeman, V, 295.

42
TARLETON ORDERED TO PUSH MORGAN’S ARMY:
q. Dupuy, 378.

43
AT COWPENS:
ibid., 379-88.

44
“JUST HOLD YOUR HEADS UP, BOYS”:
q. Davis, 99.

45
CORNWALLIS, “ALMOST BROKE MY HEART”:
q. Wickwire, 269.

46
GREENE, “AFTER THIS, NOTHING SEEMS DIFFICULT”:
q. Bass, 162.

47
O’HARA, “WITHOUT BAGGAGE … TO FOLLOW GREENE’S ARMY”:
O’Hara to Duke of Grafton, April 20, 1781, Wickwire title page.

48
CORNWALLIS DISCARDS BAGGAGE:
Wickwire, 276.

49
O’HARA, “FATAL INFATUATION”:
ibid., 285.

50
CORNWALLIS, “OUR FRIENDS … SO TIMID AND STUPID”:
q. Wickwire, 243.

51
“A-HOLLERIN’, A-SNORTIN’ ”:
q. ibid., 280.

52
MORGAN, “SHOOT THE FIRST MAN WHO RUNS”:
q. Dupuy, 395.

53
BATTLE OF GUILFORD:
Dupuy, 394-404.

54
CHARLES FOX, “ANOTHER SUCH VICTORY”:
q. ibid., 405.

55
CORNWALLIS TO CLINTON, “THE ONLY POSSIBLE PLAN”:
q. Wickwire, 320.

56
LAURENS TO INFORM FRANCE IN “CLEAREST LIGHT”:
Rochambeau,
Memoirs
, 32-3 [1838].

57
LAURENS’ “INTREPIDITY BORDERING ON RASHNESS”:
q.
Encyc. Brit
. on Laurens.

58
WASHINGTON, “CALAMITOUS DISTRESS”:
Fitzpatrick,
Writings
, XXI, 106-7.

59
WASHINGTON TO LAURENS, “WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR TETHER”:
Fitzpatrick,
Writings
, XXI, 439.

60
LAURENS MISSION:
Aldridge, 217-20.

61
LAURENS “BRUSQUED” THEM TOO MUCH:
van Doren, 626.

62
LAURENS TO VERGENNES, THE “SWORD WHICH I WEAR”:
q. Fleming, 17-18.

63
LOUIS XVI ORDERS ADMIRAL DE GRASSE TO AID AMERICANS:
Corwin, 293; Lewis, C. L., 99.

64
DE GRASSE SIX FEET SIX ON DECK IN TIME OF COMBAT:
q. Whipple, 47, from Tornquist.

65
CLINTON TO RODNEY, “SHOULD YOU BE APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF”:
q. Spinney, 355.

66
HURRICANE DAMAGE:
Spinney, 354-7; Griffith, 615; Mundy, I, 448 ff.

67
“THE LOSS OF ONE HALF OF IT”:
March 29, 1781, MacKenzie, 497.

68
HOOD TO RODNEY, AND VICE VERSA, “I KNOW OF NO-ONE WHATSOEVER”:
q. Spinney, 359.

69
NELSON ON HOOD:
DNB
.

70
SANDWICH, “IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT”:
q. MacIntyre, 158.

71
HOOD’S NASTY LETTERS:
Larrabee, 171-2.

72
RODNEY, “MENTAL AND BODILY FATIGUE”:
Mundy, II, 47-9.

73
SANDWICH TO RODNEY, “THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT, AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL”:
Mundy, II, 104.

74
SANDWICH, WAR “CANNOT LAST MUCH LONGER”:
ibid., 105.

75
RODNEY TO LEAVE ST. EUSTATIUS “A MERE DESERT”:
ibid., 97-8.

76
SANDWICH REPORTS FRENCH FLEET:
ibid., 59-60.

77
MME. DU DEFFAND TO WALPOLE (MARCH 13, 1780):
Walpole,
Corres
., VII, 212.

78
CAPTAIN TIMOTHY FOLGER AND GULF STREAM:
A. B. C. Whipple,
Restless Oceans
, Alexandria, Va., 23 ff.

79
ROCHAMBEAU AT WETHERSFIELD RECOMMENDS OFFENSIVE AT CHESAPEAKE:
Rochambeau,
Memoirs
, 50; Larrabee, 243-4; Lewis, C. L., 121, 133.

80
ROCHAMBEAU ON “GRAVE CRISIS”:
Larrabee, 152-3; Lewis, C. L., 119-25.

81
DE GRASSE LETTER CHOOSES CHESAPEAKE:
Lewis, C. L., 138-9; Mahan,
Influence
, 388.

82
WASHINGTON TO LUZERNE, “GREAT DECISIVE STROKE”:
Fitzpatrick,
Writings
, XXII, 206.

83
“BEAUTIFUL BLUE ESTUARY”:
Gallatin, 41.

84
CORNWALLIS’ CHOICE OF YORKTOWN AND CLINTON’S ORDERS:
Wickwire, 328, 349-52; Willcox,
AHR
, 19-20; Mackesy, 410-12.

1
COMBAT OF HOOD AND DE GRASSE OFF MARTINIQUE:
Lewis, C. L., 109-13; Spinney, 370-72.

2
RODNEY’S FAILURE TO PURSUE WHILE KEEPING GUARD AT BARBADOS:
Spinney, 374; MacIntyre, 178-80.

3
ROCHAMBEAU’S LETTERS REPORTING “GRAVE CRISIS” RECEIVED IN HAITI:
Tornquist, 49; Lewis, C. L., 133-5.

4
DE BARRAS TO DE GRASSE, “MOST NECESSARY ARTICLE NEEDED HERE IS MONEY”:
Tornquist, 53.

5
DE GRASSE PLEDGE OF PROPERTY REJECTED:
Lewis, C. L., 138; Anonymous, 151-2; Larrabee, 155.

6
DECISION TO TAKE THE WHOLE FLEET:
Lewis, C. L., 138-9; Larrabee, 156; Mackesy, 419.

7
DE GRASSE CONCLUSIVE LETTER OF JULY 28:
Lewis, C. L., 138; Mackesy, 414.

8
RODNEY’S WARNING NOTICE TO GRAVES:
Larrabee, 173-4.

9
LETTER TO EARL OF CARLISLE:
Mundy, II, 151.

10
ORDERS TO SIR PETER PARKER:
Mackesy, 423; Willcox, AHR, 22.

11
RODNEY TO HIS WIFE, “THE FATE OF ENGLAND MAY DEPEND”:
Mahan,
Types
, 233; Mundy, II, 139.

12
SPECIFIES CAPES OF VIRGINIA AS PLACE WHERE FRENCH INTEND THEIR “GRAND EFFORT”:
q. Larrabee, 179, from Graves Papers.

13
NOTICE TO GRAVES WENT UNDELIVERED:
James, W. M., 284.

14
HOOD AND GRAVES CONFER ON LONG ISLAND WITH CLINTON:
Willcox,
Portrait
, 421.

15
RODNEY PREPARES TO TAKE PROMISED LEAVE:
Mundy, II, 143 ff.

16
RODNEY TO CARLISLE, “TO BE DEPRIVED OF THAT HONOUR”:
September 17, 1781, Mundy, II, 151.

17
HOTHAM’S CONVOY CAPTURED:
James, W. M., 305-6; Mundy, II, 61.

18
“DETERMINED TO SERVE AGAIN”:
q. Spinney, 383.

19
HOOD, “IF THAT ADMIRAL HAD LED”:
q. Spinney, 382.

20
RODNEY TO JACKSON, “IN MY POOR OPINION”:
ibid.

21
TORNQUIST ON MONEY RAISED IN CUBA:
Tornquist, 53.

22
DE GRASSE TOOK BAHAMAS CHANNEL:
Lewis, C. L., 140; Mahan,
Influence
, 388.

23
HOOD SAW NO FOREIGN SAIL IN CHESAPEAKE BAY:
Lewis, C. L., 152; Willcox,
AHR
, 25, n. 90.

24
GRAVES, “HEATED IMAGINATION”:
q. Willcox,
Portrait
, 417.

25
IMPOSSIBLE FOR RODNEY TO SEND REINFORCEMENTS IN TIME:
q. Miller, 604.

26
DE LAUZUN, ENGLISH “STRICKEN WITH BLINDNESS”:
Lauzun, 200.

27
MORE THAN “CONGRESS HAD A RIGHT TO EXPECT”:
q. Miller, 592.

28
WASHINGTON DECIDES TO ADOPT PLAN FOR CHESAPEAKE:
“I WAS OBLIGED”
: August 14, 1781, Fitzpatrick,
Diaries
, II, 254; Gallatin, 21.

29
STOCKS ROSE SIX PERCENT:
to Mann, March 13, 1781, Walpole,
Corres
., XXV, 139.

30
EMPRESS OF RUSSIA AND SIR JOSEPH OFFERED TO MEDIATE:
ibid.

31
WALPOLE “ON THE WINGS OF WINDS TO VIENNA”:
ibid.

32
“THEN MEANLY SOLICIT”:
September 30, 1781, Walpole,
Last Journals
, II, 374.

Clinton Papers supplied by William L. Clements Library; material on the “World Turned Upside Down” from consultants at the Library of Congress.

1
WASHINGTON NOTIFIES CONTINENTALS OF DECISION TO MARCH, AUGUST 15:
Fitzpatrick,
Writings
, XXII, 500.

2
DE LAUZUN’S CAVALRY LEGION:
Davis, 6.

3
WASHINGTON TO GREENE, “AS INTERESTING AND ANXIOUS A MOMENT”:
q. Lewis, C. L., 148.

4
DE GRASSE “TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE”—WILL SEND TRANSPORTS:
ibid., 155.

5
DEUX-PONTS, WE “ARE IN PERFECT IGNORANCE”:
Deux-Ponts,
My Campaigns
, 126.

6
CLINTON, “UNLESS A SUPERIOR FLEET”:
Clinton to William Eden, May 30, 1780, q. Willcox,
AHR
, 5.

7
CLINTON’S ORDERS FOR FOOD AND LIQUOR:
Document headed House Expensing [sic] New York and His Excellency Sir Henry Clinton, 250:20:22 and 250:20:30, Clinton Papers, Clements Library.

8
GENERAL OFFICERS AT CLINTON’S HEADQUARTERS:
Manual of the Common Council of New York, Clinton Papers, Clements Library.

9
CLINTON “QUITE A MONOPOLIZER … RIDING FULL TILT TO AND FROM HIS DIFFERENT SEATS”:
q. Stevens, October, 1880, 1139, from political magazine of London citing Manual of the Common Council (of the Corporation of the City of New York).

10
WASHINGTON WATCHES FERRIES CROSSING WITH CLAUDE BLANCHARD:
Blanchard, 129, 130.

11
WASHINGTON TO ROCHAMBEAU ON RIVER CROSSING:
Fitzpatrick,
Writings
, XXIII, 25.

12
DEUX-PONTS, “AN ENEMY OF ANY BOLDNESS OR ANY SKILL”:
Deux-Ponts,
My Campaigns
, 123n.

13
WILLIAM SMITH, “NO SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE”:
q. Fleming, 99.

14
CLINTON TO NEWCASTLE, “AMERICA IS BECOME NO OBJECT?”:
q. Willcox, Portrait, 355-6.

15
CLINTON’S “FEAR THAT THE ENEMY MIGHT BURN NEW YORK”:
q. Wickwire, 355.

16
CLINTON, “THINGS … COMING FAST TO A CRISIS”:
to Germain, September 7, 1781, q. Willcox,
AHR
, 26.

17
CLINTON TO GRAVES, “AS SOON AS THE WAY IS CLEAR”:
September 2, 1781, ibid.

18
VON CLOSEN, A “PLEASING, INDUSTRIOUS …”:
von Closen, intro., xxii-xxiii.
VON CLOSEN, “A VERY BEAUTIFUL SMALL VALLEY”
: von Closen, 109.

19
ON PRINCETON:
Blanchard, 134.

20
APPEARANCE OF A FLEET:
Freeman, V, 3, 15.

21
MARCHERS IN PHILADELPHIA:
Royal Deux-Ponts,
My Campaigns
, 26 ff.; von Closen, 120-21; Gallatin, 126.

22
DINE AT ROBERT MORRIS’S:
von Closen, 117.

23
DINE AT JOSEPH REED’S:
ibid., 119.

24
WASHINGTON TO LAFAYETTE ON SEPTEMBER 2, “I AM DISTRESSED”:
Fitzpatrick,
Writings
, XXIII, 77.

25
COURIER FROM DE GRASSE’S FLEET:
Freeman, V, 321.

26
WASHINGTON AT CHESTER, WAVING HIS HAT AND HANDKERCHIEF:
von Closen, 123; Freeman, V, 322.

27
NEWS REPORTED TO PHILADELPHIA BANQUET:
Gallatin, 27, 31; Scott, 16-17. “LONG LIVE LOUIS
SIXTEENTH
:”: ibid.

28
BATTLE OF THE BAY:
Lewis, C. L., 156-69; Larrabee, 184-223; James, W. M., 288-96; Tornquist, 58-61.

29
GRAVES, “EFFECTUAL SUCCOUR”:
q. Lewis, C. L., 169.

30
TORNQUIST, “IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE”:
Tornquist, 57.

31
CLINTON TO CORNWALLIS ON SEPTEMBER 2, “YOU MAY BE ASSURED”:
Clinton, 563.

32
CLINTON TO CORNWALLIS ON SEPTEMBER 6, “I THINK THE BEST WAY”:
ibid., 564.

33
“THEY ARE ALREADY EMBARKED”:
Letter of September 6, 1781, q. Wickwire, 362.

34
“RAISED SPIRITS TO THE REQUIRED LEVEL”:
von Closen, 124.

35
“THIS DAY WILL BE FAMOUS IN THE ANNALS”:
q. Davis, 82.

36
WASHINGTON’S JOURNEY TO MOUNT VERNON:
Freeman, V, 324-7; Gallatin, 36-7.

37
WASHINGTON TO LAFAYETTE, “I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP”:
q. Davis, 87.