Washington's General (54 page)
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Authors: Terry Golway
Schuylkill River,
142
Scott, General Charles,
176
Sellers, Nathan,
163
Sessions, Darius,
36
Sherwood, John,
41
Short Hills, New Jersey,
224
slavery,
309
-10
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
Spell Hall (Greene home),
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,
43
,
55
,
308
Springfield, New Jersey,
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,
223
-24
Stark, General John,
223
Staten Island,
220
      British troops at,
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,
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,
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,
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-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
Stirling, Lord (William Alexander),
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114
,
121
,
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,
126
,
143
,
205
      Brandywine and,
137
      Germantown and,
144
,
146
Stony Point, New York,
208
Sullivan, Major John,
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,
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,
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,
237
,
264
,
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,
269
,
271
,
293
Swift, Jonathan,
23
Tappen, New York,
230
Tarleton, General Banastre,
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,
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
Thomas, Major General John,
49
-50,
65
Throgs Neck, British landing at,
98
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
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
216
,
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,
218
,
276
,
277
Ward, General Artemis,
49
,
50
,
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,
67
Ward, Catherine,
30
Ward, Henry,
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Ward, Samuel, Jr. (Sammy),
30
31
,
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,
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,
65
,
185
-86,
191
      correspondence with Nathanael,
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-31,
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,
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,
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,
40
at Fort Mercer,
150
Ward, Samuel, Sr.,
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,
30
,
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,
58
,
61
,
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,
68
,
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,
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,
84
Ward family (of Rhode Island),
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,
30
Warwick, Rhode Island,
14
,
17
-18
Washington, Fort,
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,
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,
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,
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-17,
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,
222
-25,
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         Brandywine, Battle of,
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-40,
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,
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         congressional powers delegated to,
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-10,
143
         critics of,
140
,
142
,
147
-49,
154
-58
         expiring enlistments and,
65
,
69
-70,
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,
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,
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,
253
,
254
,
264
-65,
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276
,
285
,
286
-87,
303
         war councils,
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-67,
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,
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,
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-109,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
205
         Yorktown,
279
,
287
      education of,
57
-58
      the French and,
5
,
190
,
228
      Caty Greene and,
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,
78
,
83
,
195
,
196
,
200
,
206
,
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,
242
-43,
294
-95
      Nathanael Greene and,
see
Washington-Greene relationship
Washington, Martha,
83
,
159
,
235
,
236
      Caty Greene and,
8
,
75
,
83
,
174
Washington, Colonel William (cousin),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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-83,
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,
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Washington-Greene relationship,
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,
7
,
9
,
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,
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,
79
,
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-89,
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-
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
      closeness of,
3
-4,
109
,
117
-18,
140
,
182
-83,
242
      confidence of Washington in Greene's abilities,
96
,
98
,
134
,
162
,
163
,
182
,
183
,
201
,
245
      criticism of Washington's indecisiveness, Greene's,
142
      at end of the war,
303
-304,
305
      first meeting,
57
-58,
305
      future of the nation and,
308
      Greene's death,
314
      grievances, Greene's,
139
-40,
179
,
181
-82,
199
,
234
      hero worship,
60
,
118
,
179
,
245
      quartermaster general, Greene as,
165
-66,
179
,
180
83
,
226
      Society of the Cincinnati and,
310
-11
      southern campaign and,
232
,
236
-37,
239
,
243
-44,
251
,
253
,
254
,
264
-65,
272
,
276
,
285
,
286
-87,
303
      strategy and councils of war,
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-67,
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-93,
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,
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-109,
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-12,
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,
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,
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-52,
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,
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,
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,
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,
222
         southern campaign and,
232
,
251
,
254
      as surrogate father and mentor for Greene,
58
,
303
      Yorktown, victory at,
287
,
294
Wateree River,
275
Wayne, General Anthony,
120
,
163
,
175
,
176
,
313
,
314
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Caty Greene and,
158
,
314
      Germantown and,
144
,
146
,
147
Webster, Lieutenant Colonel James,
257
-59