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Authors: David Hackett Fischer

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Looting: at Concord,
206

at Menotomy,
258

Loring, Jonathan,
91
,
132
,
134

Loring, Matthew,
305

Louisbourg,
150
,
161

Lowell, John,
179
,
181
,
188
,
191
,
193
,
248
,
305
,
376

Loyal Nine,
302
,
377
,
378

Loyalists,
47
,
58
,
64
,
80
,
114
,
127
,
159
,
172
,
178
,
182
,
289
,
290
,
314
,
378
,
383

Boston,
327

Cambridge,
46
–49

Concord,
84
,
85
,
88
,
205
,
207

Marsh-field,
171

Pepperell,
170
,
397
,
398

Salem,
60

Scituate,
171

Weston,
83

guide Concord expedition,
184
,
189

fight with Percy’s brigade,
240

fail to support Gage after battle,
277

Lugg, Thomas,
407

Lumm, Capt. Charles,
184
,
324
,
385
,
402

Lyme, Conn.,
325

Lynn, Mass.,
64
,
140
,
157
,
161
,
256
,
266
,
320

Lynn End, Mass.,
64
,
140

Lyon, Capt. E. B.,
337

Macartney, Capt. John,
310

Macfarlane, Pvt. Thomas,
67

Machin, Thomas,
305

Macintosh, Ebenezer,
377

Mackay, William,
305

MacKenzie, Christine,
423

Mackenzie, Lt. Frederick,
65
,
70
,
86
,
94
,
114
,
115
,
255
,
257
–59,
263
,
283
,
312
,
314
,
401

MacKintosh, Capt.,
305

MacNeil, Archibald,
305

Maddison, Lt. Col. George,
41
,
42
,
44
,
45
,
308

Madeira, mulled,
52

Madison, James,
288

Magna Carta,
21
,
32

Maier, Pauline,
377

Malaguti, Ina,
424

Malcolm, Joyce,
424

Maiden, Mass.,
141
,
251
,
331

Malplaquet, battle,
239

Maltby, Capt. William,
310

Mansfield, Joanna,
266

Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice,
72
–74

Marblehead, Mass.,
59
,
62
,
64
,
75
,
260
,
300

Marcy, William,
320

Mark (slave),
11
,
106

Marlton, John,
305

Marr, Pvt. James,
127
,
187

Marrett, Capt. Phillip,
300
,
305

Marrett, Phillip II,
300

Marrett, Rev. William,
311

Marshall, Thomas,
305

Marston, John,
305
,
380

Martin, Capt. William Martin,
308

Mason, Col. David,
60

Mason, Jonathan,
305

Mason, Silas,
157

Masonic lodge,
see
Freemasonry

Mass. Charitable Mechanic Association,
16

Mass. Historical Society,
328

Mass. Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
16

Mass. Provincial Charter,
40
,
177

Mass. Provincial Committee of Safety,
51
,
79
,
90
,
94
,
125
,
152
,
170
,
248
,
266
,
267
,
273
,
275

Mass. Provincial Committee of Supplies,
51
,
79
,
90
,
94
,
105

Mass. Provincial Congress,
51
,
76
,
79
,
84
,
87

94
,
152
,
271
,
327

Mass. Provincial Conventions,
51

Mass. State House,
297

Matchett, John,
305

Mather, Cotton,
12
,
28

May, Col. John,
305

McAlpine, William,
305

McCulloch, Meredith,
423

McKinnon, Lt. John,
323

McLean, Lt. Charles,
323

McNeil, traveler,
46

McPherson, James,
423

Mead, Israel,
412

Meadows, Capt. Edward,
310

Medfield, Mass.,
157

Medford, Mass.,
108
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
257
,
321
,
331
,
341

Medical services,
415

Melville, Herman,
289

Melville, Maj. Thomas,
289
,
305
,
376

Mencken, H. L.,
338

Menotomy River,
258

Menotomy Village, Mass.,
84
,
108
,
125
,
141
,
169
,
253
,
256
,
257
,
266
,
329

Meriam’s Corner,
219
,
407
,
408

fight at,
221

strength,
220

first shot,
220
,
408

casualties,
220
,
408

command and control,
407

illus.,
219

Merrit, John,
305

Meyer, Sheldon,
424

Middle Caucus,
303

Middlesex Canal,
288

Miles, Capt. Charles,
253
,
320

Militia, Mass.
(see also
Muster)

MEMBERS
: service reqts.,
151

exemptions from,
151
,
411

attitudes toward war,
155

motives and values,
162
,
163

age,
152
,
158
,
319

kinship ties,
158
,
319

prior military service,
319

social status,
151

wealth,
319

ORGANIZATION
: Puritan ancestry,
162

descent from training bands,
151

institutional development,
151

as military institution,
395

as social institution,
395

as voluntary associations,
153

covenants,
153

officers,
152

elections,
152
,
154

command and control,
250
,
251
,
253
,
254
,
407

consultations with men,
151
,
203

arms and equipment,
150
,
152
,
156
,
159
–61,
187
,
413

powder magazines,
159

dress,
159
,
209

flags,
162
,
163

marksmanship,
154
,
155
,
213
,
420

historians on,
408

mobilization drills,
154

pay and fines,
152

philanthropy for,
159

resupply,
251

salutes,
154

training days,
153

training fields,
154
,
213

weapons given to poor,
159

PERFORMANCE IN COMBAT
: erratic record in French wars,
154

contempt of Regulars for,
154

stands against Regulars in close order: North Bridge,
211

Ripley Ridge,
215
,
216

Meriam’s Corner,
219

Brooks Hill,
222

stands against regulars in fixed positions: Bloody Curve,
224

Hartwell Farms,
227

Granite Field,
228

Parker’s Revenge,
229

The Bluff,
229

Fiske’s Hill,
229

Concord Hill,
231

break Regulars: North Bridge,
214

Fiske Hill,
230
,
231

pursue Regulars in close formation to Lexington,
242

battle tactics: morning,
249
,
250

afternoon,
247
,
249
,
250
,
254

REGIMENTS
: Barrett’s,
152
,
246
,
250

Bridge’s,
246

Fry’s,
250

Gardner’s,
393
,
395

Green’s,
246

Johnson’s,
246

Middlesex,
152

Pierce’s,
246

Pickering’s,
157
,
246
,
260

Prescott’s,
246

Robinson’s,
246

Suffolk,
152

UNIT TYPES
: alarm companies,
152

minutemen,
152
,
165

cavalry units (Sudbury, Groton, Ipswich),
414

mounted infantry,
254
,
413

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company,
247

frontier guards,
152

snowshoe men,
152

Miller, James,
320

Milliken, Thomas,
305

Mills, Amos,
321

Mills, Elisha,
321

Milton, Mass.,
331

Minden, battle,
236
,
239

Minot, Capt. George,
205
,
320

Minot, Mary,
287

Minuteman National Historical Park,
312
,
404
,
408
,
423

Minuteman Rock, Lincoln, Mass.,
410

Minutemen: Concord,
203
,
319

Lexington, none in,
153
,
395

Roxbury,
395

Mitchell, Maj. Edward,
89
,
91
,
133
,
135
,
184
,
185
,
194
,
314
,
324
,
385
,
399
,
402

Molineux, William,
305
,
376

Moncrieffe, Capt. Thomas,
233
,
308

Money, Massachusetts “Old Tenor.”
82

Monmouth, battle of,
286

Monroe, Pres. James,
300

Monroe, Timothy,
320

Montagu, Adm. John,
41
,
42
,
377

Montague, Capt. George,
310

Montague, Capt. James,
310

Monti, Laura,
423

Montreal,
35

Montresor, Capt. John,
308

Montserrat,
36

Moody, Samuel,
305

Moon, and Revere’s ride,
104
,
312

Moore, Thomas,
305

More, Helen,
337

Morgan, Edmund S., xx,
327

Morison, Samuel E.,
342

Morse, Anthony,
305

Morton, Mrs. Perez,
14

Morton, Perez,
305

Moseley, David,
297

Moss, Mrs. William H.,
423

Mountford, Joseph,
305

Mowat, Lt. Henry,
310

Mudryk, Andrew,
424

Mulliken, Jonathan,
377

Mulliken, Lydia,
129
,
287

Mulliken, Nathaniel,
287

Munroe, Ebenezer,
195
,
197
,
319

Munroe, Ebenezer Jr.,
320

Munroe, Edmund,
286

Munroe, George,
286

Munroe, Jedidiah,
229
,
320

Munroe, John,
195
,
197
,
319

Munroe, Nathan,
402

Munroe, Rebecca Harrington,
167

Munroe, Robert,
158
,
197
,
319
,
320

Munroe, Sgt. Wm.,
90
,
91
,
109
,
110
,
142
,
198
,
241
,
242
,
286
,
319
,
330
,
399
,
402

Munroe Tavern,
90
,
242
,
255

Murder Act,
72

Murdock, Harold,
336
,
418

Murray, Daniel,
127
,
184

Music,
70
,
71
,
204
,
211
,
240

inspired by Paul Revere’s ride,
334
,
335

Muster:
SYSTEM
: overview,
149
–64

development,
150
–52

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