SULLIVAN, JOHN—maj.-general; _b._ 1740, _d._ 1795. personal notice, 36 his career outlined, 39 sent to Canada, 87 succeeded by Gates, 88 ambitious letter to Washington, 89 Washington’s discreet reply, 89 his attitude defined, 89 succeeds Greene on Long Island, 104 succeeded by Putnam, 104 a peculiar letter, 104 his specious report, 107 taken prisoner, 108 on exchange, takes Lee’s division, 139 accompanies Washington to Trenton, 142 incident of the march, 144 enters the lower town, 145 frets about appointments, 166 Washington’s rejoinder, 166 again in New Jersey, 167 fails in the attack upon Staten Island, 184 joins Washington in time for Brandywine, 184–5 his position at Brandywine (as per map), 186 ordered to attack Cornwallis, 187 flanked by Cornwallis, 187 ordered to change position, 187 movement beyond his capacity, 188 difficult under best conditions, 188 loses control of his division, 188 personal valor undoubted, 189 treated justly by Washington, 190 surprised by Howe, 191 in Battle of Germantown, 195 his gallantry noticed, 196 urges attack upon Philadelphia, 207 attempts siege of Newport, 241 relations to the Count d’Estaing, 242–3 issues an intemperate order, 243 prudently modifies the same, 243 advised by Washington to retreat, 244 manly course of D’Estaing, 244 retires to Providence, 245 devastates the Six Nation region with unsparing desolation, 260 comments upon that invasion, 260–261 resigns and enters Congress, 297 laconic appeal to him by Washington, 297 SUMTER, THOMAS—col.; _b._ 1734, _d._ 1832; honored by Washington, 312 SYMONDS, THOMAS—_Br._ royal navy. led attack upon Fort Sullivan (Moultrie) in 1776, 359 signs terms of capitulation of Yorktown, 359 TARLETON, BANESTRE—_Br._ lieut.-col.; _b._ 1754, _d._ 1833. attacks Sheldon’s cavalry quarters, 255 raids Westchester County, N.Y., 259 Washington’s counter-stroke, 259 makes no progress at the South, 293 pursues Morgan, 314 completely routed at Cowpens, 314 acknowledges the American success, 321 makes a raid upon Charlotte, 340 fails to capture Jefferson, 340 compliments Lafayette, 340 covers the retreat of Cornwallis, 341 joins him at Yorktown, 341 skirmishes with Lafayette, 341 TERNAY. (See De Ternay.) Thanksgiving Proclamations of Washington— at Valley Forge, 214 at White Plains, 246 at Yorktown, 360 at New York, 365 THAYER—_Am._ maj.; in defence of Fort Mifflin, 203 THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY—maj.-gen. U.S.A.; _b._ 1815, _d._ 1870; his example cited, 26 THOMAS, JOHN—major-general (Mass.), Continental brig.-gen.; _b._ 1725, _d._ 1776. military antecedents, 23, 36 subsequent career noticed, 39 efficient in the siege of Boston, 78 sent to Canada, 84, 86 a victim to small-pox in camp, 88