Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution

by Nathaniel Philbrick

  slavery, 23–24, 121, 159, 165, 197, 240, 244, 262, 278, 293–95, 306n, 356n

  smallpox, 54, 68, 255, 312n, 314n

  Smith, Francis, 152, 154, 280

  leads expedition to Concord, 116, 118, 122–23, 128–29, 132, 136

  marches to Lexington, 145, 148–49

  reinforcements of, 140, 143–44

  searches for supplies, 139

  smuggling, 7, 9, 21, 304n

  Solemn League and Covenant, 42, 47–49, 55, 75, 118

  Somerset, 182, 184, 203, 218

  South Carolina, 3, 52, 167

  South End (Boston), 10, 15, 20, 234

  spears, 250, 348n

  spies, 89–93, 115–16, 135, 170, 180, 192, 246, 318n, 321n, 334n. See also Church, Benjamin; Gage, Thomas

  Spitfire, 196, 203

  Spunkers, 68, 314n

  St. Andrew’s Lodge of Masons, 68, 89–90, 192, 288, 318n

  St. James’s Palace, 25, 29

  St. John’s Masonic Lodge, 90

  St. Patrick’s Day, 285

  Stamp Act (1765), 4, 6, 17–18, 20, 30, 163

  Stark, John, 185, 196, 205, 211–14, 220–21, 226, 339–40n

  Stevens, James, 178–79

  Stiles, Rev. Ezra, 66, 325n

  Stockbridge, Mass., 58, 241

  Storrs, Experience, 209

  Stoughton, Mass., 179, 194

  Stow militiamen, 138

  street-firing, 141, 327n

  Stuart, Gilbert, 237, 240

  Stuart kings, 4, 6

  Suffolk County militia, 150

  Suffolk Resolves, 74–76, 102, 115

  Sukey, 171, 188

  Sullivan, John, 245, 249–51, 281–82, 286

  Sullivan, Thomas, 229

  surgeons, 54, 152, 192–94, 235, 244, 281, 284, 312n, 335n. See also specific names

  Sutherland, William, 124, 128, 141, 143, 149, 162, 324n

  swords, 51, 124, 228–29, 325n, 343n

  Symmetry, 196, 203

  tarring and feathering, 16–22, 24, 32, 39, 99, 145, 288–89, 305–6n

  Taunton, Mass., 44–45, 58, 84–85, 317n

  taxation, 6–8, 16, 30, 52, 81, 88, 95, 111–12, 303n

  tea, 7, 10–11, 22, 30, 36, 41, 45, 52–53, 100. See also Boston Tea Party; East India Company tea

  Tea Act (1773), 8–10, 34, 120

  Ten Hills Farm, 63–64

  Tewksbury militia, 146

  Thacher, James, 281–82, 286, 339n

  Thomas, John, 164–67, 175–76, 183, 191, 194–95, 208, 243, 250, 280

  Thomas, Isaiah, 47, 70, 101, 112, 150, 247, 310n, 321n

  Thomas, Mary Dill, 101

  Thomas, Nathaniel Ray, 85–86, 166–67

  Thompson, Benjamin, 101

  Thompson, Daniel, 147

  Thorp, Thomas, 142, 330n

  Tories, 71, 86, 274, 284, 288–89, 317–18n, 356n

  Tory Row. See Cambridge: Tory Row in

  Town House (Boston), 8, 15, 19–20, 39, 290–91

  town meetings, 32–34, 36, 39, 41, 48–49, 53, 58, 74, 120, 136, 139, 178, 307n

  town militias, 58, 77–78, 81, 93, 119–20, 136, 242, 267–68, 270. See also militiamen; specific towns

  Townsend, Daniel, 157

  Townsend, David, 215–16, 339–40n

  Townshend Act (1766), 7–8

  traitors, 89–93

  Trask, Israel, 244

  treason, 49, 201–2, 252, 284

  Trevett, Samuel, 210–11, 213, 223

  Trumbull, Gov. Jonathan, 174–75, 253

  Trumbull, John, 241, 294

  Trumbull, Joseph, 240–41

  Tryon, Gov. William, 16

  Tudor, William, 162

  Tupper, Benjamin, 257

  Tyler, John, 292–93

  uniforms

  of British officers, 155, 220

  of British regulars, 124, 132, 134, 155, 219–20, 222, 325n

  of militiamen, 124, 325n

  of provincial army, 208, 243

  of Virginia regiment, 239

  Unity, 284

  Virginia, 44, 53, 56, 168, 237–40, 244, 262, 278, 289, 350n

  Vose’s Tavern, 74–75

  Waller, Adj. John, 227–29

  Wallis, Dennison, 157

  Waltham, Mass., 180

  War of Regulation, 16

  Ward, Artemas, 167, 182, 198

  advises Washington, 251

  as provincial army’s first leader, 164, 214, 260–61

  and Battle of Bunker Hill, 202, 204–5, 230

  and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 186–87

  commission of, 179–80

  at council of war, 195, 250–51

  criticism of, 180, 345n

  occupying Dorchester, 272–74, 277

  officers of, 179, 186, 245

  replacement of, 236

  Warren, Dr. Joseph, 36, 48, 164, 186–87, 242, 256, 261, 284, 350n

  background/personality of, 66–69, 89, 98, 110–11, 155–56, 181, 312n, 314n

  and Battle of Bunker Hill, 195, 208, 215–16

  and Benjamin Church, 176, 182, 322n

  on the British army, 220

  and the Coercive Acts, 74–75

  and Committee of Correspondence, 52–54

  and Committee of Safety, 109–10, 163, 166, 168, 173, 175, 191–92, 204–5, 236, 336n

  on Concord/Lexington fight, 323n

  death/burial of, 229–30, 235–36, 247–48, 287–88, 294–95, 344n, 347n

  description of, 46, 164, 309–10n, 314n, 336n

  finances of, 54, 311–12n

  and Gov. Gage, 90–92, 177, 318n

  house of, 15, 46, 116, 150

  and Josiah Quincy, 81–82, 95, 171–72

  as major general, 194, 219, 228, 236, 336n, 337n

  Massacre Day Oration of, 96–100, 130, 319n

  medical practice of, 3, 17, 46–47, 53–54, 78, 102, 216, 310n, 312n, 314n, 318n, 320n, 328n, 340n

  and the Powder Alarm, 70–73, 102

  and Provincial Congress, 81, 88, 109, 110, 168, 175, 181, 191–92, 316n, 333n

  as soldier, 109–10, 150–52, 155–56, 216, 219, 228, 339n

  sounds the alarm, 116–19, 323n

  and Suffolk Resolves, 75–76, 102, 115

  writes to Samuel Adams, 180–82, 193–94

  See also Adams, John; Edwards, Sally; Scollay, Mercy

  Warren, Eben, 287–88, 318n

  Warren, Edward, 216, 312n, 314n, 318n

  Warren, Elizabeth Hooten, 46, 54, 310n

  Warren, James, 175, 267–68, 333n

  Warren, John, 67, 89, 216, 235, 247–48, 287–88, 314n, 318n

  Warren, Mercy Otis, 47, 252, 310n, 331n, 333n, 344n

  warships, 84, 169, 182

  and Battle of Bunker Hill, 196, 199–200, 202–3, 212, 215, 217

  and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 183–87

  in Boston Harbor, 26, 76, 89, 114, 116, 161–62, 172, 184–85, 189–91, 198–99, 206, 249, 255, 257–58, 276

  and British evacuation, 283, 290

  deep draft of, 170

  plundered by provincials, 186

  Washington, George, 53, 160, 172, 180, 248, 286, 312n

  and African Americans, 241, 262–63, 289, 351n

  and assault on Boston, 243, 249–51, 258–59, 263, 267–68, 271–73, 275–76, 283, 287, 351n

  on cowardice, 277–78

  criticism of, 260–61, 350n

  description of, 237, 240

  and Dorchester, 272–79, 281, 287

  establishes army, 265–68, 287, 289–90

  and gunpowder, 244–45, 249–50, 267

  heads army/navy, 236–37, 240–
41, 245, 257–58

  home of, 240, 278

  and Henry Knox, 268–71

  on the loyalists, 284

  military background of, 26, 56, 237–40, 242

  negative opinions of, 241–43, 250, 261, 346n

  overhauls army, 243–46, 251, 259–63, 267–68

  personality of, 237, 239–40, 245, 261–62, 274, 346–47n

  and reenlistment crisis, 259–61, 267, 271

  on war, 350n

  Washington, Martha Custis, 239, 267, 286

  Watertown, Mass., 14, 69, 72, 103, 151, 158, 168, 178, 247, 252, 330n, 332n

  Watson, George, 22

  Watson’s Corner, 153, 158

  weapons, 78, 115, 124, 168, 172–73, 244, 267, 315n. See also artillery; specific types

  Webb, Jotham, 156

  Webb, Samuel, 223, 279

  Webster, Daniel, 292–93

  Wedderburn, Alexander, 28

  Welch Fusiliers, 98, 153–55, 217, 221–22

  Wellington, Benjamin, 124

  West, Rev. Samuel, 159, 330n

  Westfield, Mass., 269–71

  Westford, Mass., 138, 140, 200

  Weston, Mass., 93, 111

  Weymouth, Mass., 183

  whale oil, 9, 304n

  whaleboats, 170, 257, 332n

  Wheatley, Phillis, 23–24, 278, 306n

  Whig party, 89, 104, 216, 318n

  White, Ammi, 144, 327–28n

  Whitefield, Rev. George, 59

  Whittemore, Samuel, 153, 157

  Wilkes, John, 253

  Wilkinson, James, 286

  Willard, Abijah, 201, 204, 338n

  Wilson, Jonathan, 147

  Winnisimmet, Mass., 63, 183–86, 254

  Winter Hill, 63–64, 153, 160, 254

  Winthrop, Hannah, 47, 161–62, 310n, 331n

  Winthrop, John, 11, 40, 47, 64, 161–62, 256

  Winthrop, John, Jr., 11, 22, 24, 313n. See also Joyce Junior

  Woburn, Mass., 123, 146–47

  Wolfe, James, 26, 190

  women, 121, 151, 159. See also specific names

  Worcester, Mass., 58, 65, 77, 86, 93, 109, 112, 162, 167, 247, 269, 321n

  “Yankee Doodle,” 149

  Young, Dr. Thomas, 48, 54, 57–58, 69–70, 82, 100, 111