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prisoner of war, 76–84

escape plan, 81–82

Springfield, 340–42

Staten Island, 331

with First Rhode Island, 279, 293–94, 296–99

Greenwood, Pvt. John, 12, 85, 128, 150, 303

Bunker Hill, 6–8

Canadian expedition, 86, 89

evacuation of Montreal, 90, 92

scouting for Indians, 87–88

crossing the Delaware, 136, 140–41

driving British from

Boston, 36

during siege of Boston, 15–17

friend Samuel Maverick, 10–11

joining army, 14, 54

learning fife, 10

privateer, 307–15

reunited with mother, 33–34

schooner captain, 316–18

Trenton, 142–48

Washington’s dentist, 366

H

Hamilton, Alexander, 159, 355

Hancock, John, 30, 295

Henry, Patrick, 41, 277

Herrick, John, 249–250

Herring, John, 249–250

Holland, trade with, 304

Howe, Gen. William, 133, 135, 149, 165, 209, 230–31

Bunker Hill, 2–5

departing Boston, 37

physical appearance, 2

Howe, Lord Richard, 28, 296

J

Jones, John Paul, 289, 306–7, 321

K

Kalb, Gen. Baron Johann de, 325, 328, 332

Kellog, Margaret, 124, 133

kidnappings, 272

Knox, Gen. Henry, 35, 140, 145, 148, 150, 156, 272

wife Lucy, 362

Knyphausen, Gen. Wilhelm, 230, 337

Springfield, 338–39, 343

Kollock, Shepard, 262, 272–73, 365

L

Lafayette, Marquis de, 230, 295, 348

Monmouth, 267

Laurens, Col. John, 56, 288

Laurens, Henry, 227, 236, 272, 300

Lee, Gen. Charles, 26, 265, 272, 306

Monmouth, 266, 268

Lee, Richard Henry, 300, 304

life guard. See Washington, life guard

Lincoln, Gen., 198, 360

Livingston, Gov. William, 236, 272–73, 327, 334, 340

Louis XVI, King, 240

M

Martin, Pvt. Joseph Plumb, 54, 179, 265, 326, 335–36, 356, 361

Maverick, Samuel, 10–11

McCarty, Sgt. Thomas, 137–38

McMichael, Lt. James, 53, 137, 157, 178, 188, 241, 366

Brandywine Creek, 230

Germantown, 232

Long Island, 165

Morristown 1776–77 winter, 164

poetry of, 168, 171, 174–76, 237–39, 242

Valley Forge, 229, 232, 237

wife Susanna, 167–70, 174, 176, 183

Mercer, Gen. Hugh, 157–58

Monmouth, 264–70

Monroe, Lt. James, 49, 145

Montgomery, Gen. Richard, 63, 73–74, 100

Montreal. See Canadian expedition

Morgan’s riflemen, 75, 195–97

Morgan, Daniel, 75, 201

Morison, Pvt. George, 53, 65, 69, 75

Morristown

1776–77 winter, 163

1779–80 winter, 322–35

January 1781 mutiny, 345

Murray, John (Earl of Dunmore), 283

N

North, Lord, 362–63

O

O’Hara, Gen. Charles, 360

Olney, Capt. Stephen, 155–56, 349, 355–57, 365

Monmouth, 269

P

Paine, Thomas, 41, 139, 183

Pigot, Gen. Robert, 294, 296, 298–99

Potts, Dr. Jonathan, 123, 127, 132

Prescott, Col. William, 2, 5

prisoners, 77

parole, 78

prison exchanges, 78

prison ships, 78, 307

privateering, 304–6

prostitutes, 181–82

Washington’s ban, 183

Putnam, Gen. Israel, 2, 5, 16, 138

Q

Quebec. See Canadian expedition

R

Rall, Col. Johann, 139, 143–44, 146

Reed, Col. James, 109–10, 122

Revere, Paul, 41

Riedesel, Baron Friederich von. See von Riedesel, Baron

Friederich

Robbins, Rev. Ammi, 95, 99, 102–3, 107, 119–32, 365

early sermon style, 98

meeting Beebe, 105

reenlisting, 120, 127

returning home, 119, 124, 132

Rochambeau, Lt. Gen. Donatien Marie, 347–48, 352–55, 360

Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 221, 223–25

S

Saratoga, 190, 192–94, 232

first battle, 195–200

second battle, 200–206

Schuyler, Gen. Philip, 62, 186, 195

Canadian expedition, 62–63

on black soldiers, 282

Seely, Capt. Sylvanus, 257–63, 272, 322–23, 331–32, 365

affair with Mrs. Ball, 273–76

court-martial, 332–34

Monmouth, 264–68, 270

Springfield, 339–40

wife Jane, 259, 271, 274–75, 365

Senter, Dr. Isaac, 65, 76, 100

Shaw, Maj. Samuel (Sam), 54, 155, 158, 231, 366

Sherburne, Maj. Henry, 86, 107, 146

slaves. See African Americans

smallpox, 24, 79, 100–111, 114, 125, 164, 226, 260, 284–85

at Valley Forge, 226–27

death tolls, 100–101, 115

effect on recruitment, 115

inoculation procedure, 101

secret inoculations, 106–7

symptoms, 101

Springfield, 337–44

St. Leger, Col. Barry, 191–92, 199

Stark, Gen. John, 3, 191, 259

Steuben, Gen. Baron Friedrich

Wilhelm von. See von Steuben,

Gen. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm

Stirling, Gen. Lord, 172, 330–32

Stocking, Pvt. Abner, 69, 71, 75

substitution

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