Washington's General (54 page)

Schuylkill River,
142

Scott, General Charles,
176

Sellers, Nathan,
163

Sessions, Darius,
36

Sherwood, John,
41

Short Hills, New Jersey,
224

slavery,
309
-10

smallpox,
29
-30,
75
,
78
,
84
,
119

Smith, Captain Richard,
25

Society of the Cincinnati,
310
-11

Sons of Liberty,
87

South Carolina,
263
,
264
-71,
277
-78

      civil authority in,
232
,
272
,
273

      confiscation of Tory lands in,
298

      Greene's southern army in,
241
-48,
265
-71

      plantation awarded to Greene by,
298
-99,
309
-10,
315

      proposal to enlist blacks from,
296
-98

      tax on trade and,
308

Spain,
68
,
208

Spell Hall (Greene home),
30
,
43
,
55
,
308

Springfield, New Jersey,
222
,
223
-24

Squirrel
, HMS,
24
,
25

Stamp Act of
17
-65,
26
-27,
29

Stark, General John,
223

Staten Island,
220

      British troops at,
85
,
87
,
88
,
89
-90

      Continental raid on,
214
-15

states' rights,
308

Stephen, General Adam,
137

      Germantown and,
146
',
147

Steuben, Baron von,
168
-69,
177
,
218

      as inspector general,
169

      southern campaign and,
234
,
237
,
244
,
264
,
270
,
271

Stewart, Alexander,
280
-81,
284

Stiles, Ezra,
22
,
23

Stirling, Lord (William Alexander),
80
,
114
,
121
,
124
,
126
,
143
,
205

      Brandywine and,
137

      Germantown and,
144
,
146

Stony Point, New York,
208

Sugar Act of
17
-33,
18
,
23
-25

Sugar Act of
17
-64,
25
,
26

Sullivan, Major John,
66
,
75
,
91
,
132
,
198

      Brandywine and,
137
,
138
-39

      du Coudray appointment and,
130
,
131

      Germantown and,
144
,
145
-46

      Rhode Island campaign,
183
-92

      Trenton and,
108
,
111

Sullivan's Island,
89

Sumner, Jethro,
281

Sumter, General Thomas,
233
,
237
,
264
,
266
,
269
,
271
,
293

Swift, Jonathan,
23

Tappen, New York,
230

Tarleton, General Banastre,
233
,
245
-47,
252
,
254
,
257
,
259
,
278

taxation:

      of the colonies by Parliament,
18
,
23
-28,
29
,
38
,
40

      by the states,
300
,
308

Ternay, Admiral Charles,
228

Thayer, Theodore,
203
,
249

Thomas, Major General John,
49
-50,
65

Throgs Neck, British landing at,
98

Ticonderoga, Fort,
75
,
129
,
132

Townshend Acts,
27
-28

Trenton, New Jersey,
97
,
105
-108,
110
-12,
114
,
119
,
144
,
305

Troublesome Creek, North Carolina,
253

Trumbull, John,
277

Tryon, William,
82

Unhappy Orphan
, The,
39

Universalism,
50

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania,
4
,
8
,
153
,
154
,
156
,
158
-64,
168
,
173
-74,
218
,
233

      supplying of,
159
-64,
198
,
303

Van Home (New Jersey merchant),
120

Varnum, General James,
43
-44,
45
,
50
,
63
,
161
,
185
-86,
197
-98,
247
,
287

Virginia,
235
-36,
237
,
239
,
265
,
276

Virginia (cont'd)

      civil authority in,
278

      Lafayette's campaign in,
278
-79

      supply depots of southern army in,
244
,
248
,
250

Wadsworth, General Jeremiah,
158
,
221
-22,
236
,
310
,
314

      business association with Greene,
203

      Greene's correspondence with,
8
-9,
211
,
212
,
216
,
217
,
218
,
276
,
277

Wanton, Joseph,
35
,
36
,
41
,
45
-46

Ward, Anna (Nancy),
30
,
34
,
37

Ward, General Artemis,
49
,
50
,
65
,
67

Ward, Catherine,
30

Ward, Henry,
64

Ward, Samuel, Jr. (Sammy),
30
31
,
42
,
43
,
65
,
185
-86,
191

      capture of,
72
,
150

      correspondence with Nathanael,
30
-31,
34
,
37
,
38
,
40

at Fort Mercer,
150

Ward, Samuel, Sr.,
27
,
30
,
54
,
58
,
61
,
67
,
68
,
72
,
73
,
84

Ward family (of Rhode Island),
15
,
30

War of
18
,
12
,
25

Warwick, Rhode Island,
14
,
17
-18

Washington, Fort,
93
,
98
-103,
109
,
220

Washington, George,
67

      business interests,
172

      childhood of,
58

      as commander and chief,
55
,
57
,
59
,
60
-61,
65
-76,
150
-51,
180
,
208
-10,
212
,
214
-17,
219
,
222
-25,
234

         Brandywine, Battle of,
136
-40,
148
,
149

         congressional powers delegated to,
109
-10,
143

         critics of,
140
,
142
,
147
-49,
154
-58

         expiring enlistments and,
65
,
69
-70,
73
,
108
,
113
-14,
119

         farewell to troops at Fraunces Tavern,
306

         Fort Washington and,
99
-103,
109

         Germantown, Battle of,
143
-49

         Manhattan headquarters,
80
,
83
,
91

         Monmouth, Battle of,
175
-77,
189

         New Jersey retreat,
104
-106

         New York City and,
78
-79,
89
-96

         Princeton,
115
-17

         promotions and,
85

         Rhode Island campaign,
183
-92

         siege of Boston, attack ending,
75
-76

         southern campaign and,
232
,
236
-37,
239
,
243
-44,
251
,
253
,
254
,
264
-65,
272
,
276
,
285
,
286
-87,
303

         war councils,
65
-67,
93
,
107
,
108
-109,
115
,
142
,
143
,
144
,
152
,
173
,
175
,
205

         Yorktown,
279
,
287

      education of,
57
-58

      the French and,
5
,
190
,
228

      Caty Greene and,
74
,
78
,
83
,
195
,
196
,
200
,
206
,
208
,
242
-43,
294
-95

      Nathanael Greene and,
see
Washington-Greene relationship

Washington, Lund,
60
,
93

Washington, Martha,
83
,
159
,
235
,
236

      Caty Greene and,
8
,
75
,
83
,
174

Washington, Colonel William (cousin),
112
,
238
,
246
,
256
,
259
,
267
,
268
,
269
,
282
-83,
301
,
302

Washington-Greene relationship,
2
,
7
,
9
,
61
,
74
,
79
,
88
-89,
90
-
91
,
103
,
148
,
158
,
162
,
180
-83,
205
-206,
217
,
285
,
312

      appointment of Greene as commander of southern army,
9
-10,
230

      Arnold's betrayal and,
228
-30

      closeness of,
3
-4,
109
,
117
-18,
140
,
182
-83,
242

      confidence of Washington in Greene's abilities,
96
,
98
,
134
,
162
,
163
,
182
,
183
,
201
,
245

      criticism of Washington's indecisiveness, Greene's,
142

      at end of the war,
303
-304,
305

      first meeting,
57
-58,
305

      future of the nation and,
308

      Greene's death,
314

      grievances, Greene's,
139
-40,
179
,
181
-82,
199
,
234

      hero worship,
60
,
118
,
179
,
245

      quartermaster general, Greene as,
165
-66,
179
,
180
83
,
226

      Society of the Cincinnati and,
310
-11

      southern campaign and,
232
,
236
-37,
239
,
243
-44,
251
,
253
,
254
,
264
-65,
272
,
276
,
285
,
286
-87,
303

      strategy and councils of war,
65
-67,
92
-93,
107
,
108
-109,
111
-12,
134
,
142
,
151
-52,
153
,
173
,
175
,
198
,
205
,
215
,
222

         southern campaign and,
232
,
251
,
254

      as surrogate father and mentor for Greene,
58
,
303

      Yorktown, victory at,
287
,
294

Wateree River,
275

Watson, Fort,
271
,
273

Wayne, General Anthony,
120
,
163
,
175
,
176
,
313
,
314

      
Caty Greene and,
158
,
314

      Germantown and,
144
,
146
,
147

Webster, Lieutenant Colonel James,
257
-59