Washington and His Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of IndependenceWrong, George McKinnon
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Washington and His Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of Independence
Wrong, George McKinnon
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership
Arnold, Benedict, at Ticonderoga, 40; through Maine to Canada, 43,
44-45; at Quebec, 45-46; at Crown Point, 52-53; Coke denounces King's
reception of, 71; Washington's trust in, 110, 172-173; at Stillwater,
143; describes American Army, 155; treason, 173, 195, 240-243; at West
Point, 238; life at Philadelphia, 239; tried by court-martial, 239;
reprimanded by Washington, 239-240; in Virginia, 251.
Articles of Confederation, 163.
Assanpink River, Washington on, 105.
Atrocities, 180, 212; see also Indians, Prisons.
Augusta (GA), British take, 211-212; falls to Americans, 250.
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Baltimore (MD), Congress flees to, 100.
Barbados, Washington visits, 22.
Barras, French naval commander, 261.
Baum, Colonel, at Bennington, 131, 132.
Beaumarchais sends munitions to America, 183-184.
Bemis Heights (NY), battle, 143.
Bennington (VT), battle of 131-132.
Berthier, French officer, 231.
Biggins Bridge, Tarleton's victory at, 216.
Bordentown (NJ), Germans at, 102.
Boston, defiance of British in, 2; seige, 3, 4, 35-36; Washington's
journey to, 9-10; American camp, 27-28; evacuated by British, 48-49;
effect of Washington's success at, 81; Howe feigns setting out for, 114;
safe, 116; Burgoyne's force at, 146; Loyalists in, 212.
Braddock, General Edward, Washington with, 22-23.
Brandywine (PA) battle of, 119-120, 133, 148; La Fayette at, 169; Greene
at, 171.
Brant, Joseph (Thayendanegea), 134.
Breed's Hill (MA) 4-5; see also Bunker Hill.
Broglie, Comte de, suggested as commander of American army, 185.
Borglie, Prince de, with French armies in America, 232.
Brooklyn Heights (NY), Washington on, 88-91.
Buford, Colonel Tarleton attacks, 217.
Bunker Hill, battle of, 4-7, 33; Washington learns of, 10; significance,
21; officers at, 33, 35.
Burgoyne, General John, on British behavior at Bunker Hill, 7; ordered
to meet Howe, 68, 112, 113, 124-125; Howe deserts, 116, 130; life and
character, 123-124; at Lake Champlain, 125 et seq.; Indian Allies,
125-126, 138-140, 144; takes Fort Ticonderoga, 127; lack of supplies,
129-130; at Fort Edward, 129; 130, 141; and Bennington, 131-132; at
Saratoga, 132, 141, 143; learns of failure of St. Leger, 136; crosses
Hudson, 141; at Stillwater (Freeman's Farm), 142-143; surrender at
Saratoga, 68, 122, 143-147, 149; effect on France of surrender of, 186;
effect of surrender in England, 190, 192.
Burke, Edmund, and conciliation, 69; and Independence, 190.
Byron, Admiral, sent to aid Howe, 200.
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Cahokia, Clark at, 223.
Cambridge, American camp, 3, 27-28; Washington at, 10, 30-31, 34, 35,
146.
Camden (SC), battle of, 219-220, 236.
Canada, campaign against, 37, 38-47; Washington's idea of, 40 France
and, 188; Loyalists take refuge in, 227-228.
Carleton, Sir Guy, Governor of Canada, 42; commands at Quebec, 45-46;
operations on Lake Champlain, 52-53; Howe and, 95; superseded by
Burgoyne, 124; commands at New York, 269; and Loyalists, 274.
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton, on commission to Montreal, 50.
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