Washington's General (53 page)
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Authors: Terry Golway
Massachusetts Bay Colony,
13
,
41
      Committee of Safety,
48
Mathew, General Edward,
223
,
224
Maxwell, General William "Scotch Willie,"
137
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, 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
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
Morristown, New Jersey,
4
,
5
,
8
,
117
,
118
,
124
,
127
,
140
,
208
,
209
-15,
218
-20,
221
,
222
,
224
,
233
,
243
,
294
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
New Windsor, New York,
200
New York 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 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, 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
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
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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
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
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
      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
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