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Authors: David Hackett Fischer

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Lively,
310

Mercury,
310

Nautilis,
75

Preston,
284
,
310

Rose,
310

Savage,
sloop,
310

Scarborough,
55
,
57
,
310

Somerset,
53
,
54
,
59
,
94
,
104
,
105
,
261
,
284
,
285
,
310
,
312

wreck of,
105

illus.,
9
,
105

St. John,
schooner,
310

Swan,
310

Tamer,
sloop,
310

Tartar,
310

Broadly, Diane,
423

Bromedge, Lt.? Edward,
310

Brookline, Mass.,
89
,
98
,
141
,
142
,
157
,
159
,
259
,
320

Brooklyn, Conn.,
270
,
324

Brooks, Edward,
412

Brooks, Eleazer,
206

Brooks, Job,
407

Brooks, Maj. John,
220
,
288

illus.,
221

Brooks, Joshua,
407

Brooks Hill, fight at,
222
,
224
,
408

Brooks Tavern, Lincoln,
91
,
224

Broomfield, Henry,
303

Brophey, Sarah,
423

Brown, David,
288

Brown, Elias,
216

Brown, Enoch,
303

Brown, Francis,
319
,
320

Brown, Capt. Hugh,
303

Brown, Capt. John,
81
,
83
,
84
,
290

Brown, John,
197
,
303
,
320

Brown, Jonas,
320
,
406

Brown, Jonathan, Jr.,
375

Brown, Judy,
424

Brown, Lt. Leonard,
322

Brown, Reuben,
270
,
407

Brown, Solomon,
90
,
91
,
402

captured,
132

Brown family (Lexington),
320

Browne, Capt. William,
323

Bruce, Stephen,
300
,
303

Bruere, Lt. George,
323

Brunswick, N. C,
325

Brunswick, N. J.,
325

Buckingham, Joseph,
330

Buckman, John,
402

Buckman Tavern,
90
,
108
,
135
,
137
,
143
,
179
,
181
,
188
,
193
,
248
,
389
,
395
,
402

Budge, James,
412

Bullard’s Tavern,
147

Bunch of Grapes Tavern,
302

Bunker Hill,
142
,
262
,
281
,
287

Burbeck, Edward,
303

Burbeck, William,
303

Burgoyne, Gen. John,
121

Burke, Edmund,
30
,
37

Burlington, Mass.,
141
,
179
,
183
,
311

Burnette, Mark,
423

Burt, Benjamin,
303

Burton, Benjamin,
303

Bute, Earl of,
72
,
73
,
236

Buttrick, Maj. John,
203
,
209
,
210
,
213
,
215
,
216

Buttrick House,
213
,
404

Cailleteau, Capt. Edward,
297
,
303

Callender, Elisha,
303

Calling, idea of,
12
,
40

Caltrops,
282

Calvinism,
16
,
39
,
173

Calvinist churches,
375

Cambridge, Mass.,
89
,
98
,
141
,
184
,
259
,
265
,
311
,
320
,
331

Campbell, Jim,
424

Campbell, Nicholas,
303

Capeless, Leona,
424

Carleton, Sailing Master William,
275

Carlisle, Mass.,
145
,
209

Carlyle, Thomas,
332

Carriet, Charles,
407

Castle William, Boston harbor,
45
,
47
,
58
,
59
,
185
,
310

Casualties,
242
,
263
,
406

American,
265
,
266
,
274
,
320
–21

British,
281
,
290
,
321
–24

Boston street violence, 1774-75,
384

Ft. William and Mary, Dec,
14
–15, 1774,
381

eve of Lexington,
92

Lexington and Concord,
417

Lexington Common,
197
,
200

Menotomy,
256
,
258

Meriam’s Corner,
408

Percy’s retreat,
262

after Lexington and Concord,
281

Bunker Hill,
417

Cazneau, Capt.,
303

Centennial celebrations,
333
,
334

Chadwell, Mr.,
303

Chamberlain, Aaron,
320

Chamberlain, Mellen,
397

Chamberlain, Nathaniel,
321

Champlin, Prof. Nathaniel,
285
,
423

Champney, Caleb,
303

Charles I,
32

Charles River Bridge,
259

Charleston, S.C.,
271
,
325

Charlestown, Mass.,
81
,
89
,
98
,
103
,
140
,
141
,
260
–62,
265
,
285
,
320

Chase, Thomas,
303
,
382

Cheever, Ezekiel,
303

Chelmsford, Mass.,
156
–58,
209
,
219
,
224
,
320
,
409

Chelsea, Mass.,
141
,
331

Cheney, Ephraim,
157

Chester, Pa.,
325

Chevy Chase, ballad of,
240

Childrens’ books, inspired by midnight ride,
xvi
,
339

Chipman, Capt. Seth,
303

Chirco, Vicki,
424

Chowan, N.C.,
325

Christ Church,
12
,
388

see also
Old North Church

Christiana, Del.,
325

Christie, Lt. Robert,
323

Christmas,
8
,
68

Chrysty, Thomas,
303

Church, Dr. Benjamin,
38
,
51
,
52
,
69
,

266,
267
,
288
,
303
,
376

Churchill, Mary,
297

Cifaldi, Susan,
423

Civil war: American Revolution as,
110
,
336

English,
32
,
51
,
162

U.S.
298
,
331

Clancy, Pvt. John,
68

Clarke, Benjamin,
303

Clarke, Elizabeth,
176
,
266

Clarke, Jonas,
90
,
97
,
103
,
108
,
110
,
149
,
181
,
191
,
194
,
266
,
311

illus.,
111

Classical republicanism, xix

Clemens, Anna,
297

Clements, William,
336

Clergy, and news of Lexington,
273

Clerk, Lt. Col. George,
308

Cleveland, Col. Samuel,
308

Cleverly, Stephen,
303

Cleves, Nathaniel,
320

Clinton, Gen. Henry,
96

Cobbett, Nathaniel,
302

Cobbett, William,
66

Coburn, Frank,
336

Cochran, Capt. John,
55
,
381
,
402

Cochran, John,
303

Cochrane, Capt. Charles,
184
,
324
,
385

Cockerel Church,
see
New Brick Church

Coercive Acts,
xviii
,
26
,
41
,
48
,
50
,
300

Coffin broadside,
273
,
274

illus.,
274

Cold war, and midnight ride,
339

Colden, Gov. Cadwalader (N.Y.),
277

Colesworthy, Gilbert,
303

Collier, Gershom,
303

Collier, Lt. Edward,
323

Collingwood, Cuthbert,
284

Collins, Ezra,
303

Collins, Stephen,
78

Collson, Adam,
303

Colors,
see
Flags

Comee, Joseph,
198
,
320

Commager, Henry S.,
342

Committees of Correspondence,
54
,
57
,
79
,
185
,
381

Communications, transatlantic,
75

Conant, Daniel,
321

Conant, Col. William,
99

Concord, Mass.,
144
,
156
,
168
,
203
–28,
253
,
311
,
320

bridges,
127

see also
North Bridge

South Bridge

Concord expedition, British: planning,
78
–92

orders for,
85

importance of bridges,
127

training exercises,
86
,
186
,
385

advance patrol,
185
,
324

departs Boston,
113
–14

crosses Charles River,
115
–17

lands near Lechmere Point,
115

mired in Cambridge marshes,
117
–23

marches toward Lexington,
123
–28

order to load,
187
,
399

approaches Lexington,
181
–88

impact of Revere’s capture,
184
–86,
399

fight at Lexington,
188
–201

approaches Concord,
204

searches town,
404

destroys liberty pole,
404

destroys munitions,
404

accidentally sets fire to town house,
404

Regulars and town join to fight fire,
404

fight at North Bridge,
214

Regulars broken at North Bridge,
214

Smith leads reinforcements to North Bridge,
215

British companies retreat from Barrett’s Mill,
216

retreat from Concord begins,
219

flanking parties,
219

fight at Meriam’s Corner,
221

fight at Bloody Curve,
227

fight at Brooks Hill and Brooks Tavern,
224

fight at Hartwell

Farms,
227

fight at Granite Pasture,
228

fight at Parker’s Revenge,
229

fight at the Bluff,
229

fight at Fiske’s Hill,
229

Regulars broken again after Fiske Hill,
230
,
231

forms under fire at Concord Hill,
231

rescued by Percy at Lexington,
232
,
242

casualties,
229
,
230

strength,
114
,
313
,
314

inexperience of troops,
186

ammunition,
118

supplies,
118

chronology,
315

time, distance, speed,
126
,
317
,
414

maps,
116
,
217
,
223

historians,
xvi
,
315

Concord Hill (Lexington),
231
,
411

Concord Inn,
287

Condon, Lorna,
424

Condy, James Foster,
303

Coney, John,
374

Congregational churches,
40
,
60
,
158
,
159
,
179
,
375

Continental Congress,
26
,
46
,
185
,
267

Contingency and choice in history,
xvii
,
xviii
, xix,
374
,
423

BRITISH
: George III, and imperial policy,
40
–41,
50

Gage: and Whig-imperial dilemma,
37
,
41
,
58
,
64
,
76
,
85
,
265
,
379

and Boston massacre,
38

and coercive acts,
39
–41

and powder missions,
43
–45

and shift to defensive,
48

Leslie, and Salem alarm,
62
–64

Gage: plans and micro-manages Concord expedition,
80
–85

choice of crossing point,
113
–14

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