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
Rochambeau, Comte de, leader of French army in America, 230-231; idea
of naval supremacy, 231, 255; and Washington, 234, 236, 237; on American
situation (1781), 246; goes to Yorktown, 258; in Virginia, 269.
Rockingham, Marquis of, Prime Minister, 268.
Rodney, Admiral, arrives in America, 236; captures St. Eustatius, 246;
captures Grasse, 266, 270.
Russia, British endeavor to get troops in, 179; Armed Neutrality, 206.
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St. Clair, General Arthur, at Fort Ticonderoga, 127.
St. Eustacius, captured by Rodney, 246.
St. Johns, Montgomery captures, 44.
St. Leger, General Barry, at Fort Stanwix, 133-134; at Oriskany,
135-136.
Saint-Simon, French officer in America, 232.
Sandy Hook (NY), French fleet at, 200, 201.
Saratoga (NY), Burgoyne at, 132, 141, 143; Burgoyne's surrender, 68,
122, 143-147, 149, 186; Arnold at, 238; Morgan at, 247.
Savannah (GA), British land at, 211.
Savile, Sir George, opinion of the Revolution, 69.
Schuyler, General Philip, goes to Canada by way of Lake Champlain, 43;
Gates supersedes, 142.
Serapis (ship), Jones captures, 205.
Shelburne, Lord, Prime minister, 268.
Shippen, Margaret, 195; marries Arnold, 239.
Simcoe, General J.G., with Clinton at Charleston, 216; Governor of Upper
Canada, 228.
Skinner, C. L., Pioneers of the Old Southwest, cited 222.
Slavery, Washington as a slave-owner, 21.
Slave-trade, Declaration of Independence makes King responsible for, 77.
South, war in the, 211 et seq.
South Carolina, neutrality proposed, 213; British control, 217.
Spain, against England, 187, 203-204, 206; navy, 187; and Gibraltar,
270; and peace treaty, 272.
Stamp Act, 69, 183, 192.
Stanwix (NY), Fort, St. Leger before, 133-134.
Staten Island (NY), Howe on, 86, 87, 115.
States, Congress and, 163.
Steuben, Baron von, service in Revolution, 174-175; in Virginia, 247.
Stillwater (NY), American camp at, 141; Burgoyne attacks Gates at,
142-143; Burgoyne's defeat, 143.
Stirling, Lord, prisoner, 89.
Stony Point (NY), 99.
Stuart, Gilbert, and Washington, 16.
Sullivan, General John, takes prisoner at battle of Long Island, 89;
sent by Howe to interview Congress, 92; exchanged, 99; at Morristown,
99; and Washington, 110-111; at Germantown, 122; at Providence, 201.
Sumter, Thomas, guerrilla leader, 220, 247.
Sweden, Armed Neutrality, 206.
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Talleyrand, French officer in America, 232.
Tarleton, Colonel Banastre, raids, 216, 217; at Camden, 219-220; and
Marion, 221; King's Mountain, 248; takes Charlottesville (VA), 252-253;
in Yorktown, 263; and Cornwallis, 264.
Terrible (ship), 261.
Test Acts, 226.
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), 134.
Thomas, General, on Plains of Abraham, 50.
Thompson, General, attacks Three River, 51.
Three Rivers (QC), attack on, 51.
Throg's Neck (NY), Howe at, 95.
Ticonderoga (NY), Fort, captured by Allen, 39-40, 42; Arnold retreats
to, 53; Burgoyne lays siege to, 126-127; Lincoln besieges, 142.
Tories, plundering of, 111; see also Loyalists.
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