PERCY, HUGH, _Earl_—_Br._ lieut.-gen., Duke of Northumberland; _b._ 1742, _d._ 1817. his soldierly qualities noticed, 35 fails to recapture Dorchester Heights, 80 at Battle of Long Island (see map), 105 joins Howe before White Plains, 128 in the attack upon Fort Washington, 132 Philadelphia takes action, April 24, 1775, 28 her citizens overawe the opposing element, 28 visited by Washington’s army, 183, 192 mighty ovation to the soldiers, 184 supplies the suffering army, 194 is occupied by Howe, 196 its winter experiences, 1778, 210 the Howe carnival and its magnificence, 215 evacuated by Clinton, 221–222 occupied by Arnold, 222 visited by Washington and Rochambeau, 348–9 PHILLIPS, WILLIAM—_Br._ maj.-gen.; _b._ 1731, _d._ 1781. sent to Virginia, 326 destroys much property, 329 his relations to Arnold, 331 his death and its effects, 331 PIGOT, _Sir_ ROBERT—maj.-gen.; _b._ 1720, _d._ 1796; at Newport, R.I., 241 POMEROY, SETH—brig.-general; _b._ 1706, _d._ 1777. his military antecedents, 24 appointed brig.-gen., 36 declines further service, 38 Portsmouth, Va., laid waste by Matthews, 253 POWNALL, THOMAS E.—_Br._ gov. Mass.; _b._ 1722, _d._ 1805; his prediction, 368 PRESCOTT, RICHARD—_Br._ maj.-general; _b._ 1725, _d._ 1788; taken prisoner, and exchanged for Lee, 217 at Savannah, 267 PRESCOTT, WILLIAM—colonel; _b._ 1726, _d._ 1795. conducts the Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill) fight, 34 Governor’s Island, N.Y., 102 safely removes all stores, 112 repels Howe’s advance at Throgg’s Neck, 125 PREVOST, _Sir_ AUGUSTINE—_Br._ maj.-gen.; _b._ 1725, _d._ 1786; outgenerals Lincoln but without substantial results on either hand, 253 PROCTOR, THOMAS—_Am._ capt. of artillery; _b._ in Ireland, 1739, _d._ 1806. with battery at Chadd’s Ford Brandywine, 186 in Indian expedition, 260 PULASKI, CASIMIR, _Count_—Polish maj.-gen.; _b._ 1747, _k._ 1779, in siege of Savannah, 268 dear to Washington, 305 PUTNAM, ISRAEL—maj.-general; _b._ 1718, _d._ 1790. his military antecedents, 23 conspicuous at Bunker Hill, 38 subsequent career outlined, 38 commands at New York, 87 succeeds Sullivan at Brooklyn, 104 instructed by Washington, 104–5 succeeded by Washington in person, 107 fortifies Hudson River shore, 115 favors retreat from New York, 115 his laconic utterance, 115 commands New York city, 115 a division at White Plains, 129 at Philadelphia, 153 located at Peekskill, 178 grants unwise furloughs, 178 outgeneraled by Clinton, 179 regains position, 180 on the Long Island shore, 206 returns to Peekskill, 206 at Danbury, Conn., 248 in command on the Hudson, 254 PUTNAM, RUFUS—col.; _b._ 1738, _d._ 1824; his efficiency as civil engineer at Boston, 75