United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns; Washington, George, 1732-1799
MONTGOMERY, RICHARD—_Am._ brig.-gen.; _b._ 1737, _k._ before Quebec,
1775.
his military antecedents, 36
subsequent career outlined, 38
a comrade of Carleton when Wolfe fell, 38
in despair at condition of the troops, 38
starts for Canada, 55
reaches Ticonderoga, 61
receives imperative orders from Washington, 61
sympathetically sustained by Washington, 63
his Orderly Book, 63
occupies Montreal, 63
tries a forlorn-hope assault upon Quebec, 63
goes to Arnold’s relief, 65
is killed in battle, 65
buried with honors of war, 66
Montreal captured by British, 1760, 10
captured by Montgomery, 1775, 63
MOORE, GEORGE H.—sec. N.Y. His. Soc.;
brings to light Charles Lee’s papers, 219
MORGAN, DANIEL—brig.-general; _b._ 1737, _d._ 1802.
captured at Quebec, 65
attacks Hessians in New Jersey, 169
skirmishes with Cornwallis, 204
supports Maxwell in N.J., 225
serves under Lafayette, 225
reports to Gen. Greene, 303
fights Battle of Cowpens, 314
is visited by Greene, 315
retires from the army, 315
MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR—statesman; _b._ 1752, _d._ 1816;
his letter from Washington, 1778, 217
MORRIS, ROBERT—financier and statesman; _b._ 1734, _d._ 1806;
friend of Washington, 164
Morristown headquarters described, 265
MOSES—Hebrew deliverer of his people; model legislator; founder of
modern civil codes; _b._ about 1570 B.C., _d._ about 1450 B.C.
the Hebrew Commonwealth and its military system noticed (Preface),
viii
his decimal army organization (Preface), viii
his sanitary and police regulations (Preface), viii
patriotic instruction of Hebrew youth imperative by his laws
(Preface), viii
his general order, “Forward,” when he led his people to national
independence, quoted, as Washington marched through Philadelphia
for Brandywine, 184
MUHLENBURG, PETER—maj.-gen.; _b._ 1746, _d._ 1807.
at Battle of Brandywine (see map), 186
active in Virginia, 301
MURPHY—maj.;
leads N.C. troops at Stony Point, 257
MURRAY, LINDLEY—grammarian; _b._ 1745, _d._ 1826;
friend of Greene, 25
Mutiny of Connecticut troops, 277
of Pennsylvania troops, 306–7
a natural outbreak, 308
NAPOLEON I.—Bonaparte (Buonaparte), Emperor of France; _b._ 1769, _d._
1821.
his military maxims noticed (Preface), viii
his Italian campaign compared with the First New Jersey campaign in
the _Am._ Revolution (Preface), xiii
the basis of his success given by Jomini (Preface), xiii
NASH, ABNER—gov. N.C.; _b._ 1716, _d._ 1786;
addressed by Washington, 300
NASH, FRANCIS—brig.-general; _b_. 1720, _k._ at Battle of Germantown,
1777, 195–6
New England discriminated against by Great Britain, 18
experience in earlier wars, 21
her governors in conference with committee of Congress, 60
finally relieved from British hostilities, 262
New Hampshire liberality during the American mutiny, 308
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