The First American Army - Bruce Chadwick [198]
service, 301
substitution system, 287
Allen, Ethan, 61, 104, 259
Allen, Lucy (Mrs. Beebe), 104
Andre, Maj. John, 345
Angell, Col. Israel, 232, 322
Springfield, 341, 343
army discipline, 19, 24, 96, 173, 182, 211, 246–48
drinking, 21, 46, 127
gambling, 21
Arnold, Gen. Benedict, 61
camp at Chambly, 113–14
Canadian expedition, 86, 88. See also Canadian expedition
difficulties of, 63, 66–68, 100
evacuation of Montreal, 89–90, 92
leg wound during, 74, 76
ordering smallpox inoculations, 106
plan for, 62
Quebec City, 70, 74
controversy over expenses, 61, 89, 91, 328
court-martial, 328
defection, 345
Indian mutiny, 192
letter to Schuyler, 70
navy defeat, 130
physical appearance, 61
popularity of, 70–71, 201
rumors about, 22, 80
Saratoga
first battle, 196
disagreements with
Gates, 195, 197–98
second battle, 200–201
with Cornwallis, 347
Attucks, Crispus, 281
Avery, Rev. David, 96, 105, 108
B
Ball, Mrs. Stephen, 273. See also Seely, Capt. Sylvanus
Bartlett, Josiah, 31, 287
Beebe, Dr. Lewis, 54, 97, 108, 111, 116, 123–25, 365
life before war, 104
meeting Robbins, 105
on officers, 127
on Robbins’s sermon, 120
opinion of Arnold, 113, 117
returning home, 133
studying medicine, 106
treating Gen. Thomas, 107, 110
blacks. See African Americans
Bliss, Capt. T. T., 6–8, 14, 86
Bostwick, Sgt. Elisha, 54, 138, 159
Boudinot, Elias, 222, 235
bounties, 253, 286
Breed’s Hill. See Bunker Hill
Brown, John, 105
Bunker Hill, 1–7, 15
Burgoyne, Gen. John “Gentleman Johnny,” 83, 185, 190
Albany plan, 191
letter to Lord Germain, 191
on the Bunker Hill retreat, 6
playwright, 36
Saratoga
first battle, 193–97, 199
second battle, 200, 202–3
surrender, 204
C
Cadwalader, Gen. John, 142, 149
Canadian expedition, 59, 83, 85, 132
ambush at the Cedars, 86
Arnold’s plan, 62
attack against Indians, 88
attack on Quebec City, 74, 76
capture of Montreal, 63
congressional support, 60, 71, 91
difficulties of, 63–70, 91–92, 109
illness, 65, 100, 102, 105. See also smallpox
loss of food, 65
evacuation of Montreal, 89–90
retreat, 92
siege of Quebec City, 73
Washington’s initial plan, 62
Carleton, Gov. Guy, 63, 79, 83–84, 101, 132, 191
Clinton, Gen. Sir Henry, 192, 199, 202, 239, 325, 337, 346, 348
Bunker Hill, 5, 6
Monmouth, 266, 269–70
Springfield, 340
Cornwallis, Lord, 28, 133, 148, 153–54, 156, 160, 230, 346, 347
Yorktown, 352–53, 358–59
surrender, 360–61
Crosby, Dr. Ebenezer, 222
D
d’Estaing, Adm. Charles, 295, 297, 319
de Grasse, Adm. Comte, 348, 350, 353
de Kalb, Gen. Baron Johann. See Kalb, Gen. Baron Johann
de
desertion, 30, 139, 166–67, 171–72, 278
Enos’s inquiry, 68
punishment for, 24, 173, 247
Washington’s efforts against, 173
discipline. See army discipline
Dunmore, Earl of, 283
E
Enos, Col. Roger, 67
F
Finney, Capt. Walter, 180–81, 188, 324
First Rhode Island, 293–99
Fisher, Sgt. Elijah, 14, 23, 37, 215–16, 364
dispute over pay, 252, 254
improving reading and
writing, 251
in Washington’s life guard, 243–46, 249
leaving army, 250
Saratoga, 217
Valley Forge, 219, 226
working at supply office, 255
France, military assistance of, 161, 206, 240, 296, 320, 346–47, 350
Franklin, Benjamin, 53–54, 91
Fraser, Gen. Simon, 195, 201
furloughs, 167, 173, 177
G
Gage, Gen. Thomas, 1, 34, 41
approval for evacuation of
Boston, 13
Gates, Gen. Horatio, 125, 133, 186, 346
physical appearance, 186
Saratoga
first battle, 193, 196
disagreements with
Arnold, 195, 197–98
implications of victory, 206
second battle, 201, 203
scheming, 186
George III, King, 44, 321
Germain, Lord George, 161, 190
Gimat, Col. Jean Joseph, 355–56
Granger, Pvt. Dan, 49, 54, 189, 197
on Burgoyne’s surrender, 204–205
Grasse, Adm. Comte de. See de
Grasse, Adm. Comte
Great Awakening, 51, 96
Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 56, 173, 230, 236, 326, 329, 332, 347
Newport, 295, 298, 300
Springfield, 340, 343
Greenman, Sgt. Jeremiah, 367
Canadian expedition, 64, 67–68
Quebec City, 75
taken prisoner, 76
joining army, 54, 60
Monmouth, 268–69
Morristown 1779–80 winter, 322, 325,