United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns; Washington, George, 1732-1799
Notes of Lee’s Court-martial (Appendix G), 389–392
LEE, HENRY—colonel, _sub._ brig.-gen.; _b._ 1756, _d._ 1818.
at storming of Stony Point, 257
captures Paulus Hook, 259
joins General Greene, 303
opinion as to Battle of Guilford, 319
LEE, RICHARD HENRY—statesman; _b._ 1732, _d._ 1794.
in first Continental Congress,, 17
in March, 1775, urges Virginia to arm, 26
LEE, ROBERT EDWARD—eminent confederate general, 1861–5; _b._ 1810, _d._
1870;
shared peculiarities of Washington and Grant, 44
LEE, THOMAS S.—gov. Md.; addressed by Washington, 300
LESLIE, ALEXANDER—_Br._ maj.-general; _b._ 1740, _d._ 1794.
commands the assault at Chatterton Hill, 129
joins Cornwallis, 298
fortifies Norfolk, 301
at battle of Guilford, 320
in the Virginia campaign, 331
LINCOLN, BENJAMIN—maj.-gen.; _b._ 1733, _d._ 1810.
joins the army with Mass. troops, 122
reaches Peekskill, with four thousand New England militia, 157
threatens Fort Independence, 157
at Charleston, S.C., 253
has a fresh command, 334–5
commands a division, 337
receives sword of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 360
LIVINGSTON, HENRY B.—col.; _b._ 1757, _d._ 1823;
saves Fort Edward, 295
LIVINGSTON, PHILIP—signer of Declaration of Independence; _b._ 1716,
_d._ 1778;
in first Continental Congress, 17
Logistics defined, with note (Preface), x, xi
LOSSING, BENSON J.—historian, _b._ 1813, _d._ 1891;
gratefully noticed by the author (Preface), xiv
LOUIS XVI.—king of France; _b._ 1754, _d._ 1793.
officially supports America, 213
his purpose anti-British, 302
opposed occupation of New York, 352–3
LYNCH, THOMAS—patriot; _b._ 1720, _d._ 1776.
in first Continental Congress, 17
at Cambridge, 60
MAGAW—col.;
at Fort Washington, 130–2
betrayed by his adjutant, 133
casualties of the assault, 133
MANLY, JOHN—_Am._ captain;
makes valuable captures at sea, 60
MARIE ANTOINETTE—queen of France; _b._ 1755, _d._ 1793;
friend of Lafayette and of America, 356
MARION, FRANCIS—brig.-general; _b._ 1732, _d._ 1795.
addressed by Greene, 303
esteemed by Washington, 312
MARLBOROUGH, JOHN CHURCHILL, _Duke of_—gen., _sub._ field marshal; _b._
1650, _d._ 1722;
cited in comparison (Preface), viii
MARSHALL, JOHN—chief justice U.S., jurist and historian; _b._ 1755,
_d._ 1836.
as to Asst. Quartermaster-General Carrington, 301
as to American mutiny, 307
as to troops sent South, 327
Maryland troops always efficient, 277
gallantry at Camden, 202
at Rattle of Guilford, 320
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