by Terry Golway
Hillsborough, North Carolina, 252, 253
Hobkirk’s Hill, South Carolina, 266, 267
Hoffman family (of Morristown), 118
Hopkins, Stephen, 15, 17, 26
Horsmanden, Daniel, 16
Howe, Admiral Lord Richard, 85, 202
Howe, General Robert, 243
Howe, General William, 52, 55, 65, 70, 75, 99, 114, 119, 134, 202
Brandywine and, 137-39
Fort Washington and, 101
Germantown and, 144, 145
Philadelphia and, 132-33, 142, 149, 150
replacement by Clinton, 169, 173
Hudson River (North River), 93, 94, 99, 104, 177, 179, 200, 221, 222
American defenses along, 127, 194, 201
strategic importance of, 77, 125, 132, 180, 209
Hudson Valley, 200-201, 209, 224, 228
Huger, Brigadier General Isaac, 250, 251
Hunter, Banks & Company, 309, 311, 312, 313, 315
Huntmgton, Ebenezer, 105
Huntington, Samuel, 215, 217, 240
Hutchinson, Thomas, 36
impressment, 25- 26
Indians, American, 198, 310, 311
Instructions for Right Spelling and Plain Directions for Reading and Writing True English (Fox etal.), 20-21
Instructions to His Generals (Frederick the Great), 29
Intolerable Acts, 41, 42
Ireland, 23
Iroquois, 198
Jacob Greene & Company, 171-73, 204
Jefferson, Thomas, 67, 236, 239, 244, 254, 255, 265
Jockey Hollow, New Jersey, 209, 210, 211, 213
Johnston, Augustus, 27
Jones, John Paul, 208
Jones, Joseph, 226
Jones, Thomas, 120
Journal, The (Fox), 21
Kentish Guards, 44-46, 58, 63, 186, 287, 303
Greene as private in, 1-2, 44-45, 46, 56, 129-30
Kiawah Island, 301
Kilpatrick (Continental soldier), 98
Kings Mountain, South Carolina, 235
Kip’s Bay, 94
Knowlton, Colonel Thomas, 94-95
Knox, General Henry, 8, 42, 67, 75, 84, 108, 126, 142, 155, 174, 286, 314, 315
in Continental army, 75, 82-83, 108, 126-27, 142, 300
at Valley Forge, 159, 164
du Coudray appointment and, 129, 130, 131
friendship with Nathanael, 42, 82-83, 103, 144, 236, 287-88, 300, 313
Knox, Lucy, 82, 83, 84, 127, 158, 159, 174
Knyphausen, Baron Wilhelm von, 3, 137-38, 220-25
Kosciuszko, Thaddeus, 236, 274
Lafayette, marquis de, 8, 135, 139, 158, 169, 176, 190, 274, 277, 284
Rhode Island campaign, 185, 188
southern campaign and, 245
in Virginia, 278-79, 280, 286
La Luzerne, chevalier de, 271
Lancester, Pennsylvania, 160, 162
Languedoc, 188
Laurens, Henry, 157, 171, 226
Laurens, John, 297, 298
Lee, Major General Charles, 57, 6, 5, 66, 79, 175, 176, 227
Charleston, South Carolina command, 80, 89
described, 57, 61-62
Fort Washington and, 99, 100-101, 102-103
as prisoner of war, 105-106, 122, 123, 173
Lee, Fort (earlier named Fort Constitution), 95, 97, 100, 103, 104, 117
Lee, Henry (Lighthorse Harry), 233, 238, 253-54, 261, 266, 269, 270, 271-72, 273-74, 275, 297
Eutaw Springs, Battle of, 280, 282
Guilford Court House, Battle of, 256, 257
Lee, Richard Henry, 226, 295-96, 314
Leslie, General Alexander, 244, 257, 299, 301, 302
Lexington and Concord, 45, 46, 48
Liberty, HMS, 32-33
Lincoln, General Benjamin, 120, 292
southern army under, 5, 9, 199, 216, 220
Lindsay, Captain Benjamin, 35
Littlefield, Catherine, see Greene, Catherine Littlefield (Caty) (wife)
Littlefield, Simon, 21o’, 218
Livingston, Major William, 90-91, 126
Locke, John, 22-23
Long Island, New York:
Battle of, 91-92, 137
Greene as commander of forces on, 2, 79, 80, 86-92
Lee’s fortification of, 79, 80
loyalist civilians, 82
Lott, Abraham and Lott family, 127, 132, 133, 140, 158, 192
Lovejoy, David S,, 16
Lovell, James, 155
Lucken’s Mill, 146, 147
Luther, Martin, 12-13
Lynch, Thomas, 69
McDougall, General Alexander, 93, 147, 160, 165
Mackenzie, Lieutenant Frederick, 284-85
Magaw, Colonel Robert, 100, 101
Maidstone, HMS, 25-26
Majoribanks, Major John, 282, 283
Marbury, Captain Joseph, 240
Marchant, Henry, 35, 138-39
Marion, Francis, 233, 237, 239, 264, 266, 269-70, 271, 274, 275, 280, 281, 287
Martin, Alexander, 292, 293
Maryland, 235, 239-40
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 13, 41
Committee of Safety, 48
Mathew, General Edward, 223, 224
Mathews, John, 6, 230
Maxwell, Adam, 21, 28, 50, 64
Maxwell, General William "Scotch Willie," 137
Mercer, Fort, 149-50, 151, 154
Mercer, General Hugh, 101, 116, 117, 150
Merrick family, 107
Mes Reveries (de Saxe), 29
Middlebrook, New Jersey, army camp at, 128, 195-96, 197, 200, 206, 208
Mifflin, Fort, 149-50, 151, 154
Mifflin, General Thomas, 70, 168, 169, 216, 217, 251, 310
criticism of Greene and Washington, 149, 150, 155-57
as quartermaster general, 57, 149, 155, 156, 160, 164, 166, 167, 170
militias, state, 49-50, 66, 117, 144, 185, 220, 221, 223, 224, 227
belief in need for standing army of professional soldiers versus, 50, 96-97, 117, 190, 193
Kentish Guards, see Kentish Guards
Rhode Island Army of Observation, see Rhode Island Army of Observation
in southern states, 232, 23, 3, 235, 239-40, 241, 244, 245, 250, 255, 261, 263, 264, 266, 272, 276, 279
atrocities committed by, 273
Eutaw Springs, Battle of, 280-82, 283
Guilford Court House, Battle of, 256-59
public opinion and recruitment of forces, 247, 248, 249, 253
Tory militias, 233, 271, 274, 282
molasses trade, 18, 24
Monmouth, New Jersey, 4
Battle of, 175-77, 179, 189, 192, 296
Montagu, Admiral John, 35
Montgomery, General Richard, 65, 72
Moore Hall, 168
Morgan, Daniel, 238, 241, 243, 245-48, 250, 251, 255, 256
Morris, Gouverneur, 291-92
Morris, Lewis, Jr., 260, 301
Morris, Robert, 204, 290, 310
Morristown, New Jersey, 4, 5, 8, 117, 118, 124, 127, 140, 208, 209-15, 218-20, 221, 222, 224, 233, 243, 294
Motte, Fort, 271, 273
Mount Vernon, 235-36
Muhlenberg, General John, 133, 138, 147
Mulberry Grove (Greene’s Georgia home and plantation), 300, 310, 311, 312-13
Mumford, Augustus, 63
Murray, Reverend John, 50-51, 191-92
Nathanael Greene & Co,, 15, 30, 37
the Fortune and, 33-34, 36
New Brunswick, New Jersey, 108, 115, 117, 118, 119-20, 124, 177, 179
Newburgh, New York, 305
New Jersey, 4, 95-96, 103-106, 174
Newport, Rhode Island, 17-18, 22, 25-27, 28-29, 32-33, 35-36, 79, 109, 202
British evacuation of, 208
Caty’s trips to, 242
French fleet at, 242, 245
Rhode Island campaign, 182-92, 193
Newport Mercury, 26-27, 29, 41
New Windsor, New York, 200
New Y
ork City, 78-79, 179-80, 194, 198, 202, 208, 209, 265
defense of, 2, 78-80, 82, 89-93
fires of September 17-76, 96
Harlem Heights, Battle of, 94-95
loyalist civilians, 82, 94
retreat of American troops from, 92-94
social life of British troops in, 119
strategic importance of, 77, 82
Ninety Six (British post), 271, 273-75
North, Lord, 40, 289, 299
North Carolina, 235, 237, 254-61, 291
civil government in, 292, 293
gift of land to Greene, 300
Guilford Court House, Battle of, 255-60, 265, 276
southern army’s recrossing of the Dan River into, 253
southern army’s strategic retreat through, 250-53
O’Hara, General Charles, 259
Olney, Deborah, 219, 242-43
Olney, George, 219
Olney, Jeremiah, 186
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 271, 273
Otis, Samuel, 204
Pacolet, River, 241
Paine, Thomas, 10, 106, 145, 147, 217, 286
Parliament, British, 48-49, 71, 260
Boston Port Act, 40-41, 42
Intolerable Acts, 41, 42
Ireland and, 23
taxation of the colonies, 18, 23-28, 29, 38, 40
Paulus Hook, New Jersey (present-day Jersey City), 208
Pee Dee River, 232, 238, 241, 243
Peekskill, New York, 127
Pendleton, Captain Nathaniel, 302, 313
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 120, 125, 132
Pettit, Charles, 166, 167, 170, 184, 198, 203, 216
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 97, 115, 132-33, 305
British occupation of, 141-43, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 174
celebrations after Yorktown, 294
Congress flees, 105, 125, 141, 143, 305
fortifications, 124
social life in, 197-98
troops demanding back pay march on, 305
see also Congress
Phillips, General William, 279
Pickens, Andrew, 233, 237, 246, 254, 264, 273-74, 275, 280, 281
Pickering, Timothy, 141, 142, 226
Pompton, New Jersey, 222
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 17-18
Princeton, New Jersey, 97, 108, 114, 115-17, 119, 132, 305
privateers, 172, 203, 204
Providence, Rhode Island, 13-14, 17-18, 28, 79
Puritans, 13
Putnam, General Israel, 65, 67, 75, 101
Battle of Long Island and, 91, 92
Quakers, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20-21, 39, 70-71, 135-36, 1, 53, 260-61, 309
Greene’s complaints about loyalties of, 116, 136, 162
Quartering Act, 41
Quebec, Canada, 72
Rail, Colonel John, 111
Rawdon, Lord, 89-90, 105, 263-71, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279-80
evacuation of Camden, 270-71
Reading, Pennsylvania, 142
Red Hook, New York, 80, 87
Reed, Joseph, 100, 103, 118, 136, 217, 269
Reedy Fork Creek, North Carolina, 253
Rhode Island:
all-black regiment from, 60, 185-86, 191, 296
charter of, 41
Committee of Safety, 52, 55, 56
economy of, 18, 24-25, 28, 34-35
founders of, 13-14
government of, 16-18, 35, 46
renouncing of allegiance to King George III, 82
taxation of colonies by Parliament and, 23-28
tax on trade and, 308
tolerance of dissent, 17-18
Rhode Island Army of Observation:
Greene as general of, 1, 2, 46-47, 49-56
supplying of, 52, 53, 55, 56
Rhode Island College (later Brown University), 28
Richmond, Virginia, 236, 244, 305
Rights of the Colonies Examined, The (Hopkins), 26
Roanoke River, 238
Rochambean, General Jean, 228, 296
Yorktown and, 279, 280
Rockingham, marquis of, 299
Roman Catholic Church, 13
Royal Navy, 24-26, 32-38, 71
invasion force sent to New York, 79, 82, 86, 89
Rush, Dr. Benamin, 140, 147-48, 155, 285
Rutherford, General Griffith, 292-93
Rutledge, John, 232, 272, 293, 297, 298
St. Glair, General Arthur, 132
St. John, HMS, 25
Salisbury, North Carolina, 248, 249, 250
Saluda River, 271
Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 222
Santee River, 271, 275
Saratoga, Battle of, 4, 143, 148 49, 155, 157, 168, 199, 227
Savannah, Georgia, 31, 194, 199, 208, 209, 289, 295, 299
British evacuation of, 301
Greene’s funeral in, 314-15
Saxe, Marshal, 89
Schuyler, General Philip, 65, 128-29, 132, 148, 164, 217
Schuylkill River, 142
Scott, General Charles, 176
Sellers, Nathan, 163
Sessions, Darius, 36
Sherwood, John, 41
Short Hills, New Jersey, 224
slavery, 309-10
smallpox, 29-30, 75, 78, 84, 119
Smith, Captain Richard, 25
Society of the Cincinnati, 310-11
Sons of Liberty, 87
South Carolina, 263, 264-71, 277-78
civil authority in, 232, 272, 273
confiscation of Tory lands in, 298
Greene’s southern army in, 241-48, 265-71
plantation awarded to Greene by, 298-99, 309-10, 315
proposal to enlist blacks from, 296-98
tax on trade and, 308
Spain, 68, 208
Spell Hall (Greene home), 30, 43, 55, 308
Springfield, New Jersey, 222, 223-24
Squirrel, HMS, 24, 25
Stamp Act of 17-65, 26-27, 29
Stark, General John, 223
Staten Island, 220
British troops at, 85, 87, 88, 89-90
Continental raid on, 214-15
states’ rights, 308
Stephen, General Adam, 137
Germantown and, 146’, 147
Steuben, Baron von, 168-69, 177, 218
as inspector general, 169
southern campaign and, 234, 237, 244, 264, 270, 271
Stewart, Alexander, 280-81, 284
Stiles, Ezra, 22, 23
Stirling, Lord (William Alexander), 80, 114, 121, 124, 126, 143, 205
Brandywine and, 137
Germantown and, 144, 146
Stony Point, New York, 208
Sugar Act of 17-33, 18, 23-25
Sugar Act of 17-64, 25, 26
Sullivan, Major John, 66, 75, 91, 132, 198
Brandywine and, 137, 138-39
du Coudray appointment and, 130, 131
Germantown and, 144, 145-46
Rhode Island campaign, 183 -92
Trenton and, 108, 111
Sullivan’s Island, 89
Sumner, Jethro, 281
Sumter, General Thomas, 233, 237, 264, 266, 269, 271, 293
Swift, Jonathan, 23
Tappen, New York, 230
Tarleton, General Banastre, 233, 245-47, 252, 254, 257, 259, 278
taxation:
of the colonies by Parliament, 18, 23-28, 29, 38, 40
by the states, 300, 308
Ternay, Admiral Charles, 228
Thayer, Theodore, 203, 249
Thomas, Major General John, 49-50, 65
Throgs Neck, British landing at, 98
Ticonderoga, Fort, 75, 129, 132
Townshend Acts, 27-28
Trenton, New Jersey, 97, 105-108, 110-12, 114, 119, 144, 305
Troublesome Creek, North Carolina, 253
Trumbull, John, 277
Tryon, William, 82
Unhappy Orphan, The, 39
Universalism, 50
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 4,
8, 153, 154, 156, 158-64, 168, 173-74, 218, 233
supplying of, 159-64, 198, 303
Van Home (New Jersey merchant), 120
Varnum, General James, 43-44, 45, 50, 63, 161, 185-86, 197-98, 247, 287
Virginia, 235-36, 237, 239, 265, 276
Virginia (cont’d)
civil authority in, 278
Lafayette’s campaign in, 278-79
supply depots of southern army in, 244, 248, 250
Wadsworth, General Jeremiah, 158, 221-22, 236, 310, 314
business association with Greene, 203
Greene’s correspondence with, 8-9, 211, 212, 216, 217, 218, 276, 277
Wanton, Joseph, 35, 36, 41, 45-46
Ward, Anna (Nancy), 30, 34, 37
Ward, General Artemis, 49, 50, 65, 67
Ward, Catherine, 30
Ward, Henry, 64
Ward, Samuel, Jr. (Sammy), 30 31, 42, 43, 65, 185-86, 191
capture of, 72, 150
correspondence with Nathanael, 30-31, 34, 37, 38, 40
at Fort Mercer, 150
Ward, Samuel, Sr., 27, 30, 54, 58, 61, 67, 68, 72, 73, 84
Ward family (of Rhode Island), 15, 30
War of 18, 12, 25
Warwick, Rhode Island, 14, 17-18
Washington, Fort, 93, 98-103, 109, 220
Washington, George, 67
business interests, 172
childhood of, 58
as commander and chief, 55, 57, 59, 60-61, 65-76, 150-51, 180, 208-10, 212, 214-17, 219, 222-25, 234
Brandywine, Battle of, 136-40, 148, 149
congressional powers delegated to, 109-10, 143
critics of, 140, 142, 147-49, 154-58
expiring enlistments and, 65, 69-70, 73, 108, 113-14, 119
farewell to troops at Fraunces Tavern, 306
Fort Washington and, 99-103, 109
Germantown, Battle of, 143-49
Manhattan headquarters, 80, 83, 91
Monmouth, Battle of, 175-77, 189
New Jersey retreat, 104-106
New York City and, 78-79, 89-96
Princeton, 115-17
promotions and, 85
Rhode Island campaign, 183-92
siege of Boston, attack ending, 75-76
southern campaign and, 232, 236-37, 239, 243-44, 251, 253, 254, 264-65, 272, 276, 285, 286-87, 303
war councils, 65-67, 93, 107, 108-109, 115, 142, 143, 144, 152, 173, 175, 205
Yorktown, 279, 287
education of, 57-58
the French and, 5, 190, 228
Caty Greene and, 74, 78, 83, 195, 196, 200, 206, 208, 242-43, 294-95
Nathanael Greene and, see Washington-Greene relationship
Washington, Lund, 60, 93
Washington, Martha, 83, 159, 235, 236
Caty Greene and, 8, 75, 83, 174
Washington, Colonel William (cousin), 112, 238, 246, 256, 259, 267, 268, 269, 282-83, 301, 302
Washington-Greene relationship, 2, 7, 9, 61, 74, 79, 88-89, 90- 91, 103, 148, 158, 162, 180-83, 205-206, 217, 285, 312
appointment of Greene as commander of southern army, 9-10, 230
Arnold’s betrayal and, 228-30
