Victory at Yorktown (49 page)

Goodrich brothers

Gordon, Lord Adam

government, central

Graham, Samuel

de Grasse, François Joseph Paul, Comte de

and articles of capitulation

Barras joined

in Battle of the Capes

letter to Lee

meeting with Washington and Rochambeau

naval engagement with Graves

raising money for army

taken prisoner

de Grasse fleet

arrival of

in Chesapeake

in Chesapeake Bay

disappearance of

plan to put to sea

sailed for West Indies

sailing for Chesapeake

in siege of Yorktown

in York river

see also
French fleet/navy

Graves, Thomas

Clinton's corespondence with

naval engagement with de Grasse

and siege of Yorktown

warning to Clinton

Grayson, William

Great Run

Greene, Catherine Littlefield (Kitty)

Greene, Christopher

Greene, Nathanael

army

and Arnold's treason

battle at Eutaw Springs

battle plan

carrying war back to South Carolina

and Cornwallis's plan

in desperate straits

quartermaster general

reinforcements

in South Carolina

southern command

and victory at Yorktown

Washington praised

Grenada

Grey, Charles (“No-Flint”)

Guadeloupe

guerrilla combat

Guichen, Comte de

Guilford Courthouse

battle of

Gulf of St. Lawrence

Haiti

Hale, Nathan

Halifax

Hamilton, Alexander

siege of Yorktown

and siege rules

Hampton Roads

Hancock, John

Hand, Edward

Harrison, Benjamin

Harrison, Robert

Hart, John

Hartford, Connecticut

Head of Elk

Heath, William

Hell Gate

Henry, Patrick

Hessians

with Arnold

deserters

at Yorktown

Highland Scots

Hillsboro

Holland

British declared war on

entered war against Great Britain

loan from

treaty with

honors of war

Hood, Sir Samuel

Horn Work

Hortalez et Cie

Houdon, Jean-Antoine

Howard, John Eager

Howe, Richard

Howe, Robert

Howe, Sir William

howitzers

Hudson Highlands

Hudson River

defensive positions

safeguarding ports on

Washington marching to

Washington's army on

Hudson Valley

Huger, Isaac

Humphreys, David

Huntington, Ebenezer

hurricane season

independence

France recognizing

unwillingness to fight for

war for

Indian Ocean

Indians

French army and

Intrépide

Jackson, Andrew

Jamaica

James Island

James River

blocking

French fleet in

James River valley

Jameson, John

Jamestown

Jamestown Island

Jay, John

Jefferson, Thomas

Jersey militia

Jervis, John

Jones's Run

Kalb, Johann

Kennedy, Archibald

Kentish Guards

King, Joshua

King's Bridge

King's Ferry

Kings Mountain

Knowlton's Rangers

Knox, Henry

in charge of American wing at Yorktown

in meeting with de Grasse

at officers' meeting

petition to Congress for soldiers' back pay

in siege of Yorktown

and Washington's farewell

Knyphansen, Wilhelm von

Kosciuszko, Thaddeus

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de

command in Virginia

and Cornwallis

dealings with Americans

division commander at Yorktown

move against Portsmouth

need for men

positioning force

relationship with Washington

taking letters to de Grasse

at Versailles

Washington's correspondence with

at Williamsburg

on York

Lake Champlain-Hudson River waterway

La Loge, Chevalier de

La Luzerne, Chevalier de

Lamb, John

Lamb, Roger

Laurens, Henry

Laurens, John

Lauzun, Duc de

cavalry

legion

in siege of Yorktown

Lawson, Robert

Lawton, Polly

leadership

Lee, Arthur

Lee, Charles

Lee, Governor

Lee, Henry (“Light-Horse Harry”)

cavalry

on Jefferson

Light-Horse Corps

and plan to kidnap Arnold

Lee, Richard Henry

Lee, William

Leeward Islands

Leslie, Alexander

ordered to Chesapeake

Lexington

light infantry

British

Lincoln, Benjamin

defeat at Charleston

in siege of Yorktown

and surrender at Yorktown

Livingston, William

logistics

Long Island

Louis XIV, King

Louis XV, King

Louis XVI, King

collection of paintings

financial support for America

and news of victory at Yorktown

secret service

Lovett, Captain

loyalists

armies' skirmishes with

with Arnold

Cornwallis and

DeLancey's corps

Ferguson

fighting with Greene's men

at King's Bridge

New York City

Philadelphia

Lynnhaven Bay

McArthur, Major

McCall, James

McDonald, Allan

McDonald, Donald

McDonald, Flora

McDougall, Alexander

and Washington's farewell

McDowell, Charles

McHenry, James

Machiavelli, Niccolò

McKean, Thomas

Mackenzie, Roderick

McLane, Allen

Madison, James

Manhattan

possible attack on

reclaiming

see also
New York City

Mann, Sir Horace

Marie Antoinette

Marion, Francis

Martin, Joseph Plumb

Martinique

Maryland assembly

Maryland Continentals

Maryland militia

Mason, George

Mason, George, Jr.

Mason, Thomson

Mason, William

Massachusetts

Massachusetts militia

Mathews, John

Meige, Return Jonathan

middle states

military conspiracy

military dictatorship, risk of

militia

at Cowpens

French opinion of

Greene's appeal for

numbers fall short

ordered home

in siege of Savannah

in siege of Yorktown

in victory at Yorktown

in Virginia

money

lack of

seeking from France

Moore's Creek

Morgan, Daniel

at Cowpens

heading north

leave of absence

Morris, Anthony

Morris, Gouverneur

Morris, Lewis

Morris, Robert

Morrisania

Morristown, New Jersey

army in

Moses Hazen's regiment

Mount Independence

Mount Pleasant

Mount Vernon

Washington's visit to

Moylan, Stephan

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Muhlenberg, General

Murray, James

mutiny

Napoleon

nationalism

naval power, shift in

navy, lack of

Negroes

as soldiers

see also
slaves

Nelson, Thomas

house

at Yorktown

New England

appeals to governors of, for troop levies

New England troops

New Englanders

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Grants

New Haven, Connecticut

New Jersey

retreat across

Washington's army in

New York (state)

New York Bay

New York campaign

New York City

British command in

British evacuated

British troops in

Clinton's defense of

expected attack on

fiction of attack on

loss of

planned attack on

recapturing from British

New York harbor

New York militia

New York Provincial Congress

Newburgh, New York

military conspiracy at

“Newburgh Addresses”

Newfoundland

Newport

fleet sailing from

French departure from

French officers in

French troops in

harbor at

news of Cornwallis's surrender

proposed attack on

Quakers in

Rochambeau in

Tories in

Ninety-Six

Nixon, John

Noailles, Comte de

Norfolk, burning of

North, Lord

North America, European possessions in

North Carolina

civil war

invasion of

over-mountain men in

North Carolina militia

North Carolinians

North Castle

North Equatorial current

ocean currents

Ogden, Aaron

Ogden, Matthias

O'Hara, Charles

Old Point Comfort

Olney, Jeremiah

over-mountain men

Pamunkey River

parallel trenches

Parliament

Passy

Paterson, James

Paulus Hook

peace negotiations

Peale, Charles Willson

Peekskill

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania line

mutiny in

Pennsylvania militia

at Yorktown

Penny's Hill/Pigeon Quarter

Petersburg

Philadelphia

Arnold in

British capture of

City Guard

Congress in

fell to Howe

French in

news of Cornwallis's surrender

port

possible attack on

Philadelphia College and Academy

Philipse, Susanna

Phillips, William

Pickens, Andrew

Pickering, Timothy

Pine's Bridge

Pitt, William, statue

plunder

Pompadour, Madame de

Poor, Enoch

Popp, Stephen

Porto Rico

Portsmouth, Virginia

Arnold sent to

fortifications

Prevost, Augustin

Princeton

battle of

victory at

prisoners of war

American

British

Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

Puritanism

Putnam, Israel

Quakers

Quebec

attack on

expedition against

Queen Charlotte

Queen's Rangers

Ramsour's Mills

Rawdon, Lord

rebels

British attitude toward

discovery of Arnold-André plot

fighting Ferguson

fighting with the French

Red Bank

redoubts (Yorktown)

Number 9

Number 10

Reed, Joseph

Regulators

revolution

transition of power to citizens in

Rhode Island

French in

hurricane in

slaves as soldiers in

Rhode Island regiment

Richmond

British approaching

destroyed by Arnold

Riedesel, Friedrich

roads

Robertson, James

Robespierre, Maximilien de

Robinson, Beverley

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de

army 26

and arrival of French fleet

and articles of capitulation

cannon

commander of French wing at Yorktown

heading south

headquarters

journey to Boston

journey to Yorktown

leaving Newport

loaned money to Cornwallis

loaned money to Washington

meeting with de Grasse

money requested by

at Mount Vernon

at Newport

paintings of Yorktown

and planned attack on New York

receiving Indians

in siege of Yorktown

and surrender at Yorktown

and Washington

after Yorktown

Rochambeau, Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, Vicomte de

Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, second marquis of

Rodney, Sir George

Battle of the Capes

command of British fleet

Ross, Alexander

Rossini, Gioacchino

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Royal Navy

warships

in West Indies

see also
British fleet/navy

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Rush, Benjamin

Rutledge, John

St. Augustine

St. Clair, Arthur

St. Eustatius (Statia)

St. Exupéry (lieutenant)

Saint-Simon, Marquis de

at Yorktown

Salisbury, North Carolina

salt provisions

Sandwich, Earl of

Sandy Hook

Santo Domingo

Savage, Captain

Saratoga

Arnold at

Arnold wounded at

battles of

Burgoyne surrender at

fortifications at

victory at

Savannah

joint effort to take

Scammell, Alexander

death of

Schuyler, Elizabeth

Schuyler, Philip

Sears, Isaac

Ségur, Philippe-Henri, Marquis de

Seven Years' War

Sevier, John (Nolichucky Jack”)

Seybothen, Colonel von

Shaw, Samuel

Shelburne, Earl of

Shelby, Isaac

Sheldon, Elisha

Sheldon's dragoons

Shippen, Edward

Shreve, Israel

Siege
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