ARNOLD, BENEDICT—_sub._ maj.-gen.; _b._ 1740, _d._ 1801. takes a company to Boston, 30 hastens to Lake Champlain, 30 anticipated by Allen, 30 organizes a naval force, 30 loved by Washington, 45 returns in angry mood, 51 proposes conquest of Canada, 51 his expedition for Quebec, 55 his disastrous march, 64 wounded in a bold assault, 66 his captains refuse longer service, 66 the siege of Quebec fails, 66 at Providence, 163 unjustly treated by Congress, 165 gallantry at Ridgefield, 166 in command at Philadelphia, 167 gallantry in Burgoyne campaign, 176 finally promoted, 176 court-martialed, 274 is married to Miss Shippen, 289 suffers from old wound, 222, 288 in command at West Point, 288 corresponds with Clinton, 288 invites André to visit him, 290 dictates price of his treason, 290 antecedents in Philadelphia, 289 his treason anticipated by Lord Germaine, 289 his exchange for André impossible without dishonor, 291 leaves N.Y. with troops, 310 overtaken by a storm, 310 his discretion doubted by Clinton, 310 plunders Richmond, Va., 311 cannot intimidate Jefferson, 311 returns to fortify Portsmouth, 311 writes to Lafayette, 331 treated with silent contempt, 331 tries threats to no purpose, 331 relations with Gen. Phillips, 331 ordered back to New York, 331 lays waste New London, 351 his recall explained, 351 ARNOLD, Mrs. (formerly Miss Shippen)—ignorant of Arnold’s treason, 289 honored by Washington, 291 sympathy of Lafayette, 291 Articles of Confederation finally adopted, 309 “Art of War” (Preface), x–xii ASHE, JOHN—brig.-gen.; _b._ 1721, _d._ 1781; declares while speaker of the North Carolina Assembly, concerning the Stamp Act, “We will resist its execution to the death,” 13 ATLEE, SAMUEL J.—col.; _b._ 1738, _d._ 1786. joins the army at Brooklyn, 105 commands Pennsylvania Rifles, 105 makes a gallant fight, 107 prisoner with Stirling, 107 _Augusta_ 74, _Br._; blown up in the Delaware, 202 Aux Trembles reached by Benedict Arnold, 65 reached by Montgomery, 65 reached by Carleton, 66 Baltimore pays honor to Rochambeau and Washington, 351 BANCROFT, GEORGE—diplomat and historian; _b._ 1800, _d._ 1891. as to the invasion of Canada, 54 his estimate of Washington, 250 BARRAS, PAUL FRANÇOIS JEAN, _Count_ DE—_Fr._ admiral; _b._ 1755, _d._ 1829. sails from Newport, 354 enters the Chesapeake, 355 signs capitulation of Yorktown, 360 also signs for Count de Grasse, 360 Bennington unwisely attacked by Burgoyne; anticipated by Washington, 176 Berlin conference noticed, 370 BIDDLE, NICHOLAS—appointed naval captain, 60 Billingsport raided by Cornwallis, 203 BIRD—_Br._ lieut.-col.; _k._ at Germantown, 196 BLACKSTONE—chief of the Senecas; friend of Washington, 260