Washington's General (50 page)

      surrender of American garrison at,
220
,
231
,
233

Charlotte, North Carolina,
238
,
239

Cheraw Hill, South Carolina,
241
,
243

Chester County, Pennsylvania,
163

Chew, Benjamin,
146

Chew House,
146

Church, Dr. Benjamin,
64

Church of England,
13

Civil War, The
(Julius Caesar),
4

civil war in the South,
233
,
235
,
240
,
273
,
277
-78,
285
,
289
,
292
-93

Clark, John, Jr.,
157
,
158

Clinton, General Henry,
52
,
55
,
173
-75,
179
-80,
202
,
223

      Benedict Arnold and,
225

      Monmouth, Battle of,
176
-77

      replaces Howe,
169
,
173

      return to New York,
220
,
221
,
222
,
224

      war in the South and,
208
-209,
215
,
216
,
265

Coffin, Major John,
281

Coldstream Guards,
177

Commentaries
(Blackstone),
23
,
29

Congaree River,
271
,
275

Congress,
84
,
128
-29

      Board of War,
156
,
160
,
168
,
169
,
234
,
235
,
290

      Continental army and,
96
-97,
121
-24,
152
,
153
,
154
-58,
199
,
226

         delegation of powers to Washington,
109
-10

         du Coudray appointment,
129
-32

         expiring enlistments,
65
,
69

         military strategy,
92
-93

         promotions,
5
,
6
,
8
,
9
,
85
,
122
-23,
300

         the quartermaster general and,
164
-66,
183
,
196
-97,
204
-205,
211

         recruitment,
69
,
71

         supplying of,
69
,
123
,
160
,
196
-97,
215
,
234
,
314

      du Coudray appointment and,
130
-31

      end of the war declared by,
303

      First Continental Congress,
41
,
44
,
55

      flees Philadelphia,
105
,
125
,
141
,
143
,
305

      Nathanael Greene and,
see
Greene, Nathanael, Congress and

      taxation powers, lack of,
308

Connecticut Farms, New Jersey,
220

Constitution, Fort,
see
Lee, Fort (earlier named Fort Constitution) Continental army,
58
-60

      anti-elitist attitude of soldiers,
58
-59

      black soldiers in,
60
,
185
-86,
191
,
296
-98,
300

      Congress and,
see
Congress, Continental army and

      creation of, on June
14
,
17
-75,
55

      discipline,
59
,
74
,
78
,
170
,
177
,
227

      expiring enlistments,
65
,
68
-70,
73
,
108
,
112
,
113
-14,
119

      express riders,
183
,
211
,
229

      Greene's role in,
see
Greene, Nathanael illnesses affecting,
86
-87,
90
,
290
,
301

         army hospitals,
97
,
290

         dysentery,
62
,
290

         smallpox,
119

      mutiny, on verge of,
219
-20,
300
,
305

      promotion, congressional powers of,
5
,
6
,
8
,
9
,
85
,
122
-23,
300

      
quartermaster general's department and,
166
-67,
170
-73,
180
,
193
-94,
212
,
216
,
217
,
225
-26

         commissions earned,
167
,
193
,
198
-99,
203
,
204

         
see also
Greene, Nathanael, as quartermaster general

      recruitment,
69
-70,
71
,
12
,
5

      reorganized army of January
17
-76,
72
-73

      sectionalism and,
60
,
61

      southern army,
see
Continental army, southern army

      supplying of,
5
,
59
,
64
,
69
,
70
,
121
,
123
,
154
,
227
-28

         responsibility transferred from Congress to the states,
21
,
5
,
225

         southern campaign,
see
Continental army, southern army

         at Valley Forge,
159
-64,
198
,
303

         
see also
Greene, Nathanael, as quartermaster general

      Washington and,
see
Washington, George

      weather conditions and suffering of,
71
,
159
,
160
-61,
213
-15

      
see also individual battles

Continental army, southern army:

      command changes,
5
-6,
8
-10,
226
,
230
,
238
-39

      differences between southern and northern war,
231
-32

      Greene as commander of,
5
-6,
8
-11,
230
-303

         assignment,
230

         civilian government, restoration of,
272
-73

         diplomacy,
241
,
273
,
292
-93

         end of southern campaign,
302
-304

         logistical challenges,
238
,
241

         personal leadership, role of,
234

         reputation and honors,
277
,
285
-86,
287
,
291
,
303
,
305
,
307

         strategy,
231
-32,
241
-42,
249
,
250
-54,
255
-60,
263
-64,
267
-68,
271
,
276
,
280
,
284
-85,
295
-96,
302
-303

         "war of the posts,"
271
-72

      illnesses affecting,
289
-90,
301

      supplying of,
232
,
233
,
234
-36,
239
,
240
-41,
264
,
265
,
266
,
290
-91

         barter,
290

         movement toward Virginia supply centers,
249

      
see also individual battles

Continental dollar, depreciation of,
5
,
166
,
196
,
197
,
198
,
203
,
209
,
211
,
219

Conway, General Thomas,
144
,
155
,
157
,
168
,
169

      as army's inspector general,
156

Cooke, Nicholas,
55
,
5
,
9
,
62
,
63
,
79
,
82
,
114
,
121
-22

Cornwallis, Lord Charles,
3
,
114
,
139

      assessment of Greene,
244

      described,
104

      Fort Mercer and,
151

      Germantown and,
147

      Monmouth, Battle of,
176
-77

      New Jersey advance,
103
-104,
114
-15

      Philadelphia's occupation and,
143

Cornwallis, Lord Charles (cont'd)

      war in the South and,
4
-5,
9
,
209
,
220
,
227
,
231
,
233
,
241
,
244
,
245
,
248
-66,
270
,
276
,
278
-79

         Guilford Court House, Battle of,
255
-60,
265

         supply lines,
248
,
249
,
252
,
253
,
254
,
257
,
261

         Yorktown,
262
,
279
,
280
,
285
,
287
,
289

      winter of
17
-77,
120

Coventry, Rhode Island,
30
,
37

Cowpens, South Carolina,
246
-47,
255
,
276

Cox, John,
166
,
167
,
170
,
198

Crisis, The
(Paine),
106

Dan River,
238
,
250
,
251
52
,
253
,
276

Dartmouth, Lord,
36

Davie, Colonel William,
240
-41,
268
,
270

Deane, Barnabas,
203
,
216
,
308

Deane, Silas,
129
,
130
,
131

Declaration of Independence,
87

Declaratory Act,
27

Deep River,
254

Delaware,
235

Delaware River,
149
-50,
305

      Clinton's army, crossing by,
173
-74

      crossings by Continental troops,
106
,
110
,
112
,
151
,
152

de Saxe, Maurice,
29

d'Estaing, Admiral Charles,
180
,
184
-92,
208

Dorchester, South Carolina,
295

Dorchester Heights, Massachusetts,
75

Drafter's Letters
, The (Swift),
23

du Coudray, Phillippe Tronson,
129
-32,
135

Dudley, Colonel (Greene aide),
271

Dudsington, Lieutenant William,
32
-37

East Greenwich, Rhode Island,
28

East India Company,
40

East River,
79
,
80
,
82
,
88
,
91
,
93
,
94

Elizabeth Town, New Jersey,
220
,
221
,
222
,
223
,
224

Elliott, Jane Reily,
302

Emerson, William,
54

England,
see
Britain

espionage,
64
,
223
,
230
,
239
,
255

Essay en Human Understanding
(Locke),
22
-23

Eutaw Springs, Battle of,
280
-85,
288
,
290

Ewing, General James,
108
,
110

Falmouth, Maine,
71

Ferguson, Patrick,
235

First Continental Congress,
41
,
44
,
55

Fitzgerald, Edward,
115

forts,
see names of individual forts

Fortune
(merchant vessel),
33
-34,
36
,
38

Fort Watson, South Carolina,
266

Fox, Charles James,
260

Fox, George,
20

France,
5
,
68

      alliance with U,S,,
173
,
180
,
220
,
228

         fleet in Newport,
242
,
245

         Rhode Island campaign,
183
-92

         treaty,
169

         Yorktown and,
280
,
285
,
296

Franklin, Benjamin,
42
-43,
69
,
311