Victory at Yorktown (48 page)

in conquest of Virginia

criticizing Clinton

destruction of Richmond

ordered to fortify Portsmouth

plan to kidnap

plan to seize West Point

secret service to British

service with British

treason

and/at West Point

wounded at Saratoga

Arnold, Hannah

Arnold, Margaret “Peggy” Shippen

banished from Pennsylvania

articles of capitulation

Articles of Confederation

Ashley River

Atlantic Ocean

transporting army needs across

Atlantic trade

atrocities by British

Austin, Jonathan Loring

Baldwin, Benjamin

Baldwin, Mr.

Baltic Sea

Baltimore

Bancroft, Edward

Banister, Colonel

Barbados

Barbé-Marbois, François

Barber, Francis

Barras, Jacques-Melchoir Saint-Laurent, Comte de

arrival in Virginia

Battle of the Capes

joined de Grasse

sailing south

signed articles of capitulation

Battle of Camden

Battle of Rhode Island

Battle of the Capes

Battle of the Waxhaws

bayonet

Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de

Beckwith, Captain

Beckwith, George

Bécu, Marie Jeanne

Beekman, James

Bennington

Bergen Woods

Berthier, Louis-Alexandre

Birch, Samuel

black battalion

Blaine, Ephraim

Blanchard, Claude

Blarenberghe, Louis-Nicolas van

blockade

Blue Ridge Mountains

Boone, Daniel

Boston

evacuating

siege of

Boudinot, Elias

Bourbonnais regiment

Braddock, Edward

Brandywine

Brest

Britain

armed resistance to

change in dynamics of warfare and

dispute with colonies

lost war in Amrica

maritime supremacy

British army

in America

in Canada

at Cowpens

defense of Savannah

desertions

evacuated Charleston

evacuating New York

failure to attack French at Newport

four commands

leaving Yorktown

losses

losses at Cowpens

losses at Yorktown

march on Richmond

seized slaves

in siege of Yorktown

in siege of Yorktown: retreat by way of Gloucester

strategy

in surrender at Yorktown

surrenders to rebels

in Virginia

British commissioners

articles of capitulation

British First Grenadiers

British fleet/navy

advantage over French

in Battle of the Capes

broken up

in Chesapeake Bay

in the Chesapeake

failure to attack French

in New York harbor

with recruits

in siege of Yorktown

skirmish with French fleet

threat from

off Virginia

British government

French treaty of amity and commerce conveyed to

informed about colonies

British headquarters, trouble in

British Headquarters papers

British high command

attitude toward rebels

British officers

and French officers

leaving Yorktown

surrender at Yorktown

Broad River

Broglie, Prince de

Brooks, John

Buford, Abraham

bundling

Bunker Hill

Burgoyne, John

defeat at Saratoga

surrender

Burke, Thomas

Burnley, Hardin

Butler, Richard

Camden, South Carolina

Cornwallis's victory at

loss at

campaign of 1782

Campbell, Archibald

Campbell, John

Campbell, William

Canada

British in

Canary current

Cap François

Cape Fear

Cape Fear River

Cape Henry

Caribbean

Carleton, Sir Guy

Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Lord

Carolinas

Cornwallis's losses in

danger of losing

fighting in

Tories in

Carrington, Edward

Catawba River

cavalry

English, at Yorktown

French troops

of Lauzun

of Lee

Champe, John

Charles III, king of Spain

Charleston, South Carolina

British command in

British troops evacuated

British troops in

fall of

fortifications destroyed

possible attack on

securing

Charlottesville

Chastellux, Chevalier de

on Americans

on Knox

in meeting with de Grasse

at Mount Vernon

at Yorktown

Chesapeake (the)

British command on

de Grasse fleet in

English fleet occupying

French fleet in

French fleet in control of

French fleet sailing for

Leslie ordered to

naval station at entrance of

possible action in

situation in

Chesapeake Bay

British fleet in

Cornwallis in

de Grasse fleet in

French fleet in

River York joined

Chestertown

Chew, Joseph

Chewton, Lord

Choiseul, Duc Étienne François de

Choisy, Marquis de

Chovet, Abraham

civil authority

civilian rule

civilians

indifference

in reclaiming Manhattan

Clements, William, L.

Clermont-Crèvecoeur, Comte de

on Americans

on West Point

on Yorktown

Cleveland, Benjamin

Clinton, George

Clinton, James

Clinton, Sir Henry

and André

army

Arnold and

at Charleston

communications from Whitehall to

and Cornwallis rescue mission

Cornwallis's letters to

and Cornwallis's predicament

councils of war

danger of attack by

defense of New York

feud with Cornwallis

forces in New York

at odds with Arbuthnot

and O'Hara

plan to capture

plan to seize West Point

reaction to American army mutiny

replaced by Carleton

sending force to South

spies

strategy

and terms in fall of Charleston

threat of attack on

on Washington march south

Closen, Baron Ludwig von

account of French expeditionary force

on Americans

on surrender at Yorktown

on Washington

on Yorktown

Cobb, David

Cochrane, Charles

Coercive Acts

Coldstream Guards

College of William and Mary

Collins, James

colonies

British could recover

government of

rebellion

reconciliation attempt

trade

usefulness to France

Committee of Safety

communication difficulties

Concord

Congress

bankrupt

disbanded army

flag of

and Greene resignation

impotence

inadequacy of

incapable of providing army with necessities

and Lafayette

Laurens presidency

medals voted by

military conspiracy and

mission to France

and pay for troops

power to wage war

Tilghman taking news of Cornwallis's surrender to

Washington and

and Washington's resignation

Connecticut

Connecticut regiments

mutiny

constitution

Constitution Island

Continental currency

Conway Cabal

Cornwallis, Charles, Earl

army 128–29

attacking

borrowed money from Rochambeau

capitulation

Clinton message to

entrenched at Yorktown

escape in battle

feud with Clinton

invasion of North Carolina

letter to Clinton regarding capitulation

letters to Washington

lured slaves to service

move to Virginia

in North Carolina

operations against

plan to protect Tories

position at York and Gloucester

and possible attack on Philadelphia

predicament of

preventing from return to North Carolina

pursuit of Morgan

and race for the Dan

reinforcements

reputation

rescue fleet for

retired to York

retreating south

selection and fortification of post

siege of Yorktown

siege of Yorktown: sent flag of truce

surrender

surrender: news of, taken to Congress

surrender: refused to appear for

and Tarleton's defeat

victories claimed by

victory at Camden

in Virginia

Cortlandt, Philip van

Council of Pennsylvania

Cowpens

Morgan position at

Culloden

Custine, Comte de

Damas, Comte de

Dan River, race for

Davidson, William

Dean, James

Deane, Silas

Dearborn, Henry

Declaration of Independence

DeLancey, Oliver

Delaware Continentals

Delaware River

Denny, Ebenezer

DePeyster, Abraham

deserters

British

Hessians

Deux-Ponts, Guillaume, Comte de

carrying news of Yorktown victory

in siege of Yorktown

Deux-Ponts regiment

Diamond, William

Digby, Robert

Dobbs Ferry

Doehla, Johann Conrad

draft

resistance to

Duane, James

de Barry, Chevalier Jean

du Barry, Comte Guillaume

Duffield, Reverend Mr.

Dumas, Charles

Dumas, Comte Mathieu

Duncan, James

Duncanson, Captain

Dundas, Thomas

Duportail, Louis

du Simitière, Pierre Eugène

Dutch (the)

Eaden, William

East India Company

Eden, William

Elizabeth River

England

news of Yorktown reaching

sea power

see also
British army; British fleet/navy

Estaing, Comte d'

Europe

diplomacy

naval power

Eutaw Springs, battle at

Evans, Chaplain

fatigue parties

Ferguson, Adam

Ferguson, Patrick

Fersen, Axel

feu de joie

Fishkill

flags of truce

food

lack of

see also
American army, lack of necessities

Forman, David

Fort Arnold

Fort Edward

Fort Frederick

Fort Lee

Fort Orange

Fort Oswego

Fort Putnam

Fort Royal

Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Washington

Fox, Charles James

France

alliance with U.S.

alliance with U.S.: problems in

entering war on side of America

finances

financial support for America

foreign policy

sea power

treaty of amity and commerce with U.S.

Franklin, Benjamin

Franks, David

Fraunces' Tavern

Frederick the Great

Fredericksburg

French and Indian War

French and Indian wars

French army

on Americans

arrival of

and British surrender at Yorktown

coordinating with Americans

heading south

and Indians

interest in America

leaving Yorktown

losses at Yorktown

march to the South

in Newport

ocean journeys

and operation against New York

in Philadelphia

and planned attack on New York

in siege of Yorktown

and surrender at Yorktown

uniforms

Washington and

winter quarters

in Yorktown

French fleet/navy

American army and

arrival of

in Battle of the Capes

near Chesapeake

in Chesapeake Bay

in control of Chesapeake

need for

news of

prisoners of war

sailed from Brest

sailing for Chesapeake

“second division”

skirmish with British

size of

soldiers reaching

superiority of

warning about

in West Indies

see also
de Grasse fleet

French Grand Battery

French officers

on American soldiers

dealings with Americans

and English officers

at Mount Vernon

in Newport

in Philadelphia

Washington and

in York

Fusiliers' Redoubt

Gage, Thomas

Gates, Horatio

army

loss at Camden

Gâtinais regiment

George III, King

blame for loss of war

expeditionary force in America

micromanaging war

and news of surrender at Yorktown

proclamation saying hostilities ceased

Georgia

British attack on

danger of losing

Georgia militia

germ warfare

Germain, Lord George

Clinton's and Cornwallis's letters to

and news of surrender at Yorktown

German mercenaries

surrender at Yorktown

see also
Hessians

Germantown

Gibraltar

Gilbert Town

Giles, Edward

Gist, Mordecai

Gloucester

British prisoners at

British retreat by way of

fighting in

French at

Glover, General