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
George III, American opinions of, 25; Hamilton on, 39; character, 60-62;
speech in Parliament, 62-63; Washington and, 63, 86; statue destroyed in
New York, 80; ready to give guarantees of liberty, 115; effect of news
of Ticonderoga on, 127-128; on taxing of America, 190; and Chatham, 193;
news of Yorktown, 267-268.
George, Fort, Burgoyne's supplies from, 129.
Georgia, British in, 211-212, 217.
Germain, Lord George, failure to send orders to Howe, 68, 125;
instructions to Burgoyne, 112; plans campaign from England, 130-131;
censures Howe, 194; in Seven Years' War, 230; news of Yorktown, 267.
Germans, hold line of the Delaware, 102; plundering, 111; at Bennington,
131-132; with Burgoyne, 144, 145; Steuben's part in Revolutionary War,
174-176; benefit to British, 179-180; desertions, 180-181, 199.
Germantown, Howe's camp at, 121; battle of, 122, 148; Greene at, 171.
Gibraltar, Spain besieges, 270; not returned to Spain, 273.
Gloucester, Cornwallis holds, 263.
Gordon, Lord Adam, on Philadelphia, 215; opinion of Charleston, 215.
Gordon, Lord George, leads London riot, 208.
Grasse, Comte de, commands French fleet, 256; at Chesapeake Bay, 260,
261-262; sails south, 265; Rodney captures, 266, 270.
Great Britain, see England.
Greene, General Nathanael, 110; at Bunker Hill, 4; advocates
independence, 75; commands Fort Washington, 96-97; harasses Cornwallis,
105; at Germantown, 122; at Valley Forge, 170-171; in Rhode Island, 201;
on Congress, 236; supersedes Gates in South, 247; Guilford Court House,
249; at Hobkirk's Hill, 250.
Grey, Sir Charles, Howe and, 115.
Guilford Court House, 249.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 238; and Washington, 16, 168; on Quebec Act, 39.
Hancock, John, desires post as Commander-in-Chief, 8.
Harlem River, location, 87.
Hastings, Marquis of, 6; see also Rawdon, Lord.
Henry, Patrick, speech, 57.
Henry, Cape, naval battle off, 261.
Herkimer, General Nicholas, battle of Oriskany, 135.
Hessians, see Germans.
Hillsborough (NC), Cornwallis issues proclamation at, 249.
Hobkirk's Hill, Rawdon defeats Greene at, 250.
Holkham, Lord Leicester's residence at, 18; Coke's residence at, 69-70,
71.
Holland joins England's enemies 206, 246.
Hood, Sir Samuel, British admiral, 261.
Howe, Richard, Lord, commands fleet reaching New York, 84, 86; Whig
sympathy, 85; personal characteristics, 85; letter to Washington, 86-87;
seeks peace, 92-93; takes fleet to Newport, 100; proclamation, 101;
and evacuation of Philadelphia, 196-197; expects naval flight off Sandy
Hook, 200-201; at Newport, 202; refuses to serve Tory Admiralty, 207.
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