Varnum, James, 139
Walker, Capt. Joshua, 141
Walker’s rider, 141, 393
Watson, Abraham, 90
Weatherbee, 145
Weston rider, 146
BY TOWN AND VILLAGE: Acton, 145
Bedford, 143
Billerica, 145
Burlington, 141
Cambridge, 141, 143
Carlisle, 145
Charlestown, 140, 141
Chelsea, 141
Concord, 144
Danvers, 140
Dedham, 147
Dover Farms, 147
Dracut, 139
Framingham, 147
Groton, 145
Lexington, 143
Lincoln, 144
Littleton, 145
Lynn, 140
Lynn End, 140
Maiden, 141
Medford, 139–41
Menotomy, 141
Natick, 147
Needham, 147
Newton, 147
North Reading, 140
North Waltham, 142
Pepperell, 145
Reading, 140
Roxbury, 147
Stoneham, 140
Sudbury, 147
Tewksbury, 139
Waltham, 142
Waltham Farms, 142
Watertown, 147
West Acton, 145
Weston, 144
Wilmington, 139
Winchester, 139
Woburn, 139, 141
Albany, N.Y., 67
Albee, Peter A., 160
Albemarle, Earl of, 34
Alcohol, 169, 193, 216, 341
Alewife Brook, 258
Alexandria, Va., 325
Alger, Horatio, 235
Allen, Dr., 302
Allen, pedlar, captured, 132
Allen, Sgt. Thomas, 160
America: British attitudes toward, 264
American identity, 110
Ames, Dr. Nathaniel, 265, 311, 415
Andover, Mass., 156
Andrews, Benjamin, 300
Andrews, Charles M., 336
Andrews, Hannah, 300
Andrews, John, 384
Andrews, Joseph, 311
Anglican Church, 40, 375
Anglophilia, 336
Annapolis, Md., 325
Antietam, 298
Appleton, Nathaniel, 302
Aristocracy, 235, 411
Arlington, Mass., 84, 329, 331
see also Menotomy Village
West Cambridge
Armstrong, Emma, 424
Arnold, Benedict, 247
Arnold, Liz, 424
Artillery, see British army, regts.: Royal Artillery
Ash, Capt. Gilbert, 302
Aspinwall, William, 159
Atrocities: American at North Bridge, 215, 216, 218, 406, 407
British at Menotomy, 256, 257
historians and, 414
Auchmuty, Robert, 65
Austin, Benjamin, 302
Austin, Samuel, 302
Averne, Capt. Thomas, 324
Avery, John, 302
Ayascough, Lt. James, 310
Bacon, Jacob, 321
Bacon, John, 253, 321
Baker, Jabez, 121
Baker, Lt. Thomas, 160, 323, 386
Baldwin, Cyrus, 302
Baldwin, Maj. Loammi, 141, 158, 224, 225, 288
illus., 227
Balestier, Joseph, 298
Balfour, Capt. Nesbit, 322, 402
Ballard, John, 376
Baltimore, Md., 271, 325
Bancroft, George, 331
Baptist churches, 60, 172, 375
Barber, Edward, 320
Barber, Nathaniel, 302, 376
Barker, Lt. John, 67, 88, 113, 115, 123, 188, 194, 232, 241, 257–59, 263, 265, 322, 405
Barkley, Capt. Andrew, 310, 381
Barnard, Samuel, 302
Barnard, Thomas, 63
Barnhill, Georgia, 423
Barrett, Amos, 156, 204, 211, 216, 221, 406
Barrett, Col. James, 205–8, 210, 215, 405, 407
Barrett, Mrs. Humphrey, 406
Barrett, Nathan, 214, 253, 320
Barrett, Mrs. Nathan, 214, 406
Barrett, Mrs. Peter, 407
Barrett, Samuel, 302
Barrett, Capt. Thomas, 205
Barrett’s Mill, 207, 208
Barrington, Wm. Wildman, Viscount, 51
Barron, Lt. Edward, 322
Barron, Oliver, 320
Bass, Henry, 302, 376
Battalia, 18th-century meaning, 222, 408
Bath, N.C., 325
Batherick, Mother, 244
Batmen (British soldier-servants), 385
Battier, Capt. John, 322, 407
Battle Road, 221, 222, 246, 407
illus., 225, 226
map, 223
Beacon Hill, 9
Beaton, John, 407
Beckwith, Lt. Onslow, 323
Bedford, Mass., 158, 183, 209, 227, 253, 320
Bedford Flag, 162, 163
Beer, George L., 336
Belknap, Jason, 412
Belknap, Jeremy, 302, 311, 328–30
Belknap, Joseph, 412
Bell, Joseph, 320
Bell, Capt. William, 302
Bell Ringers’ Agreement, 12, 13, 375
Bells, town, and alarm system, 112
Benson, Abel, 147
Bent, Thomas, 321
Bentley, Joshua, 103, 104
Bergen, battle of, 236
Bergen, Philip, 423
Bernard, Lt. Col. Benjamin, 308
Bernard, Thomas, 100
Beverly, Mass., 64, 320
Bible, 51, 164
Bible-swearing, 381
Bicentennial celebrations, 342
Billerica, Mass., 145, 156, 183, 220, 227, 320
Billings, Hammatt, 329
Bishop, Capt. Thomas, 310
Bismarck, Prince Otto von, 108
Bissell, Israel, 270, 294, 416
Bissell, Richard, 340
Black Horse Tavern, 125, 248, 288
Blackwood, Lt. William, 323
Blake, Increase, 302
Blake House, Dorchester, 420
Blakeney, Capt. William, 323
Blanchard, Luther, 211, 212, 320, 406
Blanchard, Timothy, 320
Blenheim, battle of, 239
Bliss, Daniel, 84, 205, 290
Blood, Thaddeus, 156, 204, 212, 214, 403, 406
Bloody Angle, error term for Bloody Curve, 409
Bloody Curve, 410, illus., 228
fight at, 224, 226, 227, 409
Bluff, fight at, 229
Boaz, Thomas, 423
Boit, John, 302
Bolter, Thomas, 302
Bolton, Charles Knowles, 336
Bordeaux, France, 6
Boston, Lincolnshire, 298
Boston, Mass.: described, 9–12
illus., 9
map, 10
churches, 375
“Christian
Sparta.” 11
Common, 67, 114
Neck, 97, 98, 114
North End, 11, 114
Watch, 68
Boston Board of Health, 376
Boston Committee of Correspondence, 79, 302, 307, 378
see also Committees of Correspondence
Boston Globe, 337
Boston Latin School, 234
Boston Massacre, 23, 24, 38, 69
Boston Post Road, 67, 83
Boston Siege, 262, 267, 269
Boston Tea Party, 25, 77, 163, 300, 302, 378
Bourmaster, Lt., 386
Bowman, Leslie, 343
Bowman, Solomon, 141, 256, 257
Boyce, David, 60
Boyd, Capt. St. Lawrence, 323
Boyer, Peter, 302
Boyle, John, 300, 314
Boynton, Richard, 302
Boynton, Thomas, 140
Brackett, Joshua, 20, 302, 377, 382
Brad
dock, Gen. Edward, 34, 40, 224, 379
Bradford, Alden, 330
Bradford, John, 297, 302
Bradlee, David, 302
Bradlee, Josiah, 302
Bradlee, Nathaniel, 302
Bradlee, Thomas, 302
Branford, Conn., 325
Brattle, William, 47, 289
Bray, George, 302
Breck, William, 303
Breed, Josiah, 320
Brehm, Capt., 308
Brewer, James, 303
Bridge, Rev., 158
Brighton, Mass., 141
Brimmer, Herman, 303
Brimmer, Martin, 303
British army, IN BOSTON: arms and equipment, 113, 160, 195
colors, 238, 239
combat formations, 195
discipline, 237
manual of arms, 195
musketry, 195
regimental seniority est. 1751, 390
communications failures, 234
desertion, 67, 68
discipline, 67, 71, 242
drummers, 121
equipment, 113
fifers, 121
firing squads, 67
fusiliers, 118
grenadiers, 88, 114, 118
treatment of wounded, 218
light infantry, 88, 114, 118
musketry, 402, 403, 407
officers, 122, 124
private soldiers, culture of, 66, 71
soldiers as servants, 385
soldiers as “other ranks.” 395
uniforms, 69, 75, 89, 118–24, 238
quarters in Boston, 100
regimental seniority, 117
order of Battle, April 18, 1775: 1st Brigade (Percy’s), 234, 308, 2nd Brigade, 244, 245, 262, 308, 3rd Brigade, 308
British army, REGIMENTS: Guards, 34
4th Foot (King’s Own), 44, 67, 77, 113, 115, 117, 120, 121, 126, 127, 187, 190, 207, 212, 218, 225, 226, 238, 241, 244, 245, 251, 253, 254, 258, 262, 281, 309, 314, 322, 385, 386, 404
5th Foot, 68, 89, 117, 121, 133, 160, 225, 236, 309, 314, 322, 323, 385, 404, 407
8th Foot, 67
10th Foot, 81, 85, 119, 121, 124, 190, 197, 207, 212, 225, 229, 309, 314, 322, 323, 403, 404
17th Light Dragoons, 75, 80, 309, 384
18th Foot (Royal Irish Regiment), 66, 76, 121, 309, 314, 322, 323
21st Foot, 308
22nd Foot, 308, 309
23rd Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers), 65, 67, 76, 94, 114, 115, 121, 123, 239, 241, 242, 245, 251, 253, 254, 281, 309, 314, 322, 323, 404, 412
29th Foot, 38, 39
35th Foot, 309
38th Foot, 86, 121, 127, 185, 212, 309, 314, 322, 323, 385, 404
40th Foot, 309
43rd Foot, 66, 70, 76, 127, 207, 212, 242, 309, 314, 322, 323, 404
44th Foot, 309
45th Foot, 309
47th Foot, 68, 70, 73, 121, 220, 238, 245, 251, 253, 254, 309, 314, 322, 323
49th Foot, 309
52nd Foot, 68, 86, 121, 255, 309, 314, 322, 323, 404
54th Foot, 66
59th Foot, 121, 309, 314, 322, 324
60th Foot (Royal American Regiment), 308
63rd Foot, 309
64th Foot, 58, 60, 121, 309, 382, 386
65th Foot, 309
71st Foot, 194
80th Foot (Gage’s Light Infantry), 34
Cholmondeley’s Regiment of Foot, 34
Royal Artillery, 232, 241–43, 245, 255, 308, 412
Royal Artillery, 35 Battery, 308
Royal Artillery, 38 Battery, 308
Royal Artillery, 39 Battery, 308
Royal Artillery, 42 Battery, 308
Royal Engineers, 240, 308
British Marines, in Boston, 51, 53, 67, 69, 76, 77, 121, 187, 229, 234, 239, 245, 260, 262, 282, 308, 309, 314, 322, 324, 381
British Marines, battalions: 1st Marines, 309
2nd Marines, 309
British navy, in Boston, 269, 284, 310
and Concord expedition, 86, 87, 115, 245, 386
British navy, SHIPS: Asia, 310, 381
Boyne, 94, 310, 386
Canceaux, 54, 57, 310
Captain, 377
Cruizer, sloop, 310
Diana, schooner, 310
Diligent, schooner, 310
Fowey, 310
Gaspee, brig, 310
Glasgow, 310
Halifax, schooner, 310
Hope, schooner, 310
Kingfisher, sloop, 310
Lively, 310
Mercury, 310
Nautilis, 75
Preston, 284, 310
Rose, 310
Savage, sloop, 310
Scarborough, 55, 57, 310
Somerset, 53, 54, 59, 94, 104, 105, 261, 284, 285, 310, 312
wreck of, 105
illus., 9, 105
St. John, schooner, 310
Swan, 310
Tamer, sloop, 310
Tartar, 310
Broadly, Diane, 423
Bromedge, Lt.? Edward, 310
Brookline, Mass., 89, 98, 141, 142, 157, 159, 259, 320
Brooklyn, Conn., 270, 324
Brooks, Edward, 412
Brooks, Eleazer, 206
Brooks, Job, 407
Brooks, Maj. John, 220, 288
illus., 221
Brooks, Joshua, 407
Brooks Hill, fight at, 222, 224, 408
Brooks Tavern, Lincoln, 91, 224
Broomfield, Henry, 303
Brophey, Sarah, 423
Brown, David, 288
Brown, Elias, 216
Brown, Enoch, 303
Brown, Francis, 319, 320
Brown, Capt. Hugh, 303
Brown, Capt. John, 81, 83, 84, 290
Brown, John, 197, 303, 320
Brown, Jonas, 320, 406
Brown, Jonathan, Jr., 375
Brown, Judy, 424
Brown, Lt. Leonard, 322
Brown, Reuben, 270, 407
Brown, Solomon, 90, 91, 402
captured, 132
Brown family (Lexington), 320
Browne, Capt. William, 323
Bruce, Stephen, 300, 303
Bruere, Lt. George, 323
Brunswick, N. C, 325
Brunswick, N. J., 325
Buckingham, Joseph, 330
Buckman, John, 402
Buckman Tavern, 90, 108, 135, 137, 143, 179, 181, 188, 193, 248, 389, 395, 402
Budge, James, 412
Bullard’s Tavern, 147
Bunch of Grapes Tavern, 302
Bunker Hill, 142, 262, 281, 287
Burbeck, Edward, 303
Burbeck, William, 303
Burgoyne, Gen. John, 121
Burke, Edmund, 30, 37
Burlington, Mass., 141, 179, 183, 311
Burnette, Mark, 423
Burt, Benjamin, 303
Burton, Benjamin, 303
Bute, Earl of, 72, 73, 236
Buttrick, Maj. John, 203, 209, 210, 213, 215, 216
Buttrick House, 213, 404
Cailleteau, Capt. Edward, 297, 303
Callender, Elisha, 303
Calling, idea of, 12, 40
Caltrops, 282
Calvinism, 16, 39, 173
Calvinist churches, 375
Cambridge, Mass., 89, 98, 141, 184, 259, 265, 311, 320, 331
Campbell, Jim, 424
Campbell, Nicholas, 303
Capeless, Leona, 424
Carleton, Sailing Master William, 275
Carlisle, Mass., 145, 209
Carlyle, Thomas, 332
Carriet, Charles, 407
Castle William, Boston harbor, 45, 47, 58, 59, 185, 310
Casualties, 242, 263, 406
American, 265, 266, 274, 320–21
British, 281, 290, 321–24
Boston street violence, 1774-75, 384
Ft. William and Mary, Dec, 14–15, 1774, 381
eve of Lexington, 92
Lexington and Concord, 417
Lexington Common, 197, 2
00
Menotomy, 256, 258
Meriam’s Corner, 408
Percy’s retreat, 262
after Lexington and Concord, 281
Bunker Hill, 417
Cazneau, Capt., 303
Centennial celebrations, 333, 334
Chadwell, Mr., 303
Chamberlain, Aaron, 320
Chamberlain, Mellen, 397
Chamberlain, Nathaniel, 321
Champlin, Prof. Nathaniel, 285, 423
Champney, Caleb, 303
Charles I, 32
Charles River Bridge, 259
Charleston, S.C., 271, 325
Charlestown, Mass., 81, 89, 98, 103, 140, 141, 260–62, 265, 285, 320
Chase, Thomas, 303, 382
Cheever, Ezekiel, 303
Chelmsford, Mass., 156–58, 209, 219, 224, 320, 409
Chelsea, Mass., 141, 331
Cheney, Ephraim, 157
Chester, Pa., 325
Chevy Chase, ballad of, 240
Childrens’ books, inspired by midnight ride, xvi, 339
Chipman, Capt. Seth, 303
Chirco, Vicki, 424
Chowan, N.C., 325
Christ Church, 12, 388
see also Old North Church
Christiana, Del., 325
Christie, Lt. Robert, 323
Christmas, 8, 68
Chrysty, Thomas, 303
Church, Dr. Benjamin, 38, 51, 52, 69,
266, 267, 288, 303, 376
Churchill, Mary, 297
Cifaldi, Susan, 423
Civil war: American Revolution as, 110, 336
English, 32, 51, 162
U.S. 298, 331
Clancy, Pvt. John, 68
Clarke, Benjamin, 303
Clarke, Elizabeth, 176, 266
Clarke, Jonas, 90, 97, 103, 108, 110, 149, 181, 191, 194, 266, 311
illus., 111
Classical republicanism, xix
Clemens, Anna, 297
Clements, William, 336
Clergy, and news of Lexington, 273
Clerk, Lt. Col. George, 308
Cleveland, Col. Samuel, 308
Cleverly, Stephen, 303
Cleves, Nathaniel, 320
Clinton, Gen. Henry, 96
Cobbett, Nathaniel, 302
Cobbett, William, 66
Coburn, Frank, 336
Cochran, Capt. John, 55, 381, 402
Cochran, John, 303
Cochrane, Capt. Charles, 184, 324, 385
Cockerel Church, see New Brick Church
Coercive Acts, xviii, 26, 41, 48, 50, 300
Coffin broadside, 273, 274
illus., 274
Cold war, and midnight ride, 339
Colden, Gov. Cadwalader (N.Y.), 277
Colesworthy, Gilbert, 303
Collier, Gershom, 303
Collier, Lt. Edward, 323
Collingwood, Cuthbert, 284
Collins, Ezra, 303
Collins, Stephen, 78
Collson, Adam, 303
Colors, see Flags
Comee, Joseph, 198, 320
Commager, Henry S., 342
Committees of Correspondence, 54, 57, 79, 185, 381
Communications, transatlantic, 75
Conant, Daniel, 321
Conant, Col. William, 99
Concord, Mass., 144, 156, 168, 203–28, 253, 311, 320
bridges, 127
see also North Bridge
South Bridge
Concord expedition, British: planning, 78–92
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