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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