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Bache, Mrs. Sarah, affords Relief to Continental Soldiers in 1780--Visited by Chastellux, [310.]
Bacon. Andrew, cuts away Draw of Quintan's Bridge--Crippled for Life, [345.]
Bacon, Nathaniel, demands popular Flights for Virginians of Berkeley in 1676--His Plantation attacked by Indians--Marches against Invaders with armed Force--Proclaimed and pursued as a Traitor by Berkeley--Receives Sympathy of the People--Insurrection--Berkeley compelled to yield--Appointed Commander-in-chief--Marches to Jamestown, and demands his promised Commission--Granted--Reversed--Declared a Traitor by Berkeley--Returns to Jamestown--Drives Berkeley to the Chesapeake--Takes Women as Hostages--Burns Jamestown--Declares himself Supreme Ruler--Biography, [461;] Death of, [462.]
Bacon, Mr., Notice of, [447,] [558.]
Badge of Military Merit, awarded to Sergeant Churchill in 1780, [834.]
Bailey, J, Manufacturer of Washington's War Sword, [122,] [408.]
Bailey, Mrs. Anna, Notice of, [049.]
Bailey, Captain Elijah, Escape from Fort Griswold, [049.]
Baker, Rum-seller, instigates the Murder of Logan's Family, [489.]
Balfour, Colonel, in command at Charleston, S. C., 1781, [613.]
Ball, at Head-quarters of Greene and Knox, at New Windsor, in 1777, [115;] At Baltimore, in 1776, [393.]
Balmanno, Mrs. R. Quotation from, [288.]
Baltimore, Lord (Sir George Calvert), receives Patent as Lord Proprietor of Avalon, Newfoundland, in 1621--Returns to England in 1625--Visits Virginia in 1628--Returns again to England-Permitted to frame the Charter of _Crescentia_, himself in 1632--His Death, [395.]
Baltimore, Lord (Sir Cecil Calvert), inherits from his Father Charter of Crescentia in 1632, [395;] His Policy, [396;] His Toleration, [397;] Death of, in 1765--Succeeded by his Son, Charles Cecil, [399.]
Baltimore. Lord (Charles Cecil Calvert), assents to Penn's Charter in 1681,253.
Baltimore. Battle Monument at, [388,] [391;] Washington Monument--Bombardment of Fort M'Henry--Population of in 1850--Remarkable Case of Longevity, [390;] Female College--Maryland Historical Society, [301;] Peale's Museum--Patriotism of Citizens in Revolution--Committees of Correspondence and Observation, [392;] Treatment of Loyalists--Meeting of Congress in 1776--Congress House--La Fayette's Visit, [393;] Established as a Port of Entry, [403.]
Bancroft, George, Quotation from, [093,]--Letter to Swain, [578.]
Banks, Commodore, driven from Boston Harbor in 1776, [015.]
Banner, British, Red Cross cut from, by Endicott, in 1634, [053;] Of Washington's Life Guard, [120;] Presented to Pulaski by Moravian Nuns--Its History, [392.]
Baptists, Fines imposed upon in Virginia in 1693, [460.]
Barker's Hill, Topography of, [080.]
Barlow, Arthur, explores Coast of Carolina under Raleigh in 1584, [449.]
Barlow, Joel. Notice of, [037.]
Barnwell, Captain, commands Expedition against Southern Indians in 1772. [562.]
Barr, Charles, Notice of, [582.]
Barras. Admiral. Count de, succeeds Ternay in French Fleet at Newport in 1781--Sends Dispatches to Washington concerning De Grasse, [510.]
Barre. Colonel Isaac, Opinion of British Army in America, [019;] Moves in Parliament that Copies of Dispatches of Howe and Shuldham be laid before the House of Commons, [022.]
Barren Hill, Notice of--Its old Church and School-house, [322;] La Fayette's Quarters at, in 1778, [328;] Its Topography, [329.]
Barrington, George, first Royal Governor of North Carolina, in 1730; [562.]
Barrington. Major. Aid de-Camp to Prescott, captured near Newport in 1777, [077.]
Barton, Colonel William. Biographical Sketch of, [075;] Daring Exploit in capturing Prescott, [076.]
Basking Ridge, Notice of, [222.]
Battin, John, Biographical Sketch of, [827.]
Battle on the Allamanee in 1771; Encampment of Tryon on the Eno, [575;] Waddel crosses the Yadkin--Desertion of his Men--Pursued by Insurgents-- Skirmish ensues--Several captured--Escapes himself to Salisbury--Tryon presses forward toward the Allamanee--Receives Proposals of Accommodation from Regulators--Approaches their Camp--Orders them to Disperse--Thompson detained and Shot--Tyron returns Flag of Truce-- Retaliated by Regulators--Deadly Conflict ensues--Tryon sends second Flag of Truce--The Bearer falls--Conflict renewed--Regulators Retreat, [576;] Killed and Wounded, [577.]
Battle of Bladensburg in 1814, [405.]
Battle of Blue Licks in 1782--Clarke joined by Boone, Trigg, and Todd, at Bryant's Station--Proceed toward Lower Blue Licks--Kentuckians hold Council of War--Pursuit of the Enemy, fall into Ambuscade--Death of young Boone--Kentuckians retreat across the Stream--Pursued by Savages, with great Loss, [501.]
Battle of Brandywine in 1777, [291;] Landing of British from the Chesapeake, at the Head of Elk--Washington prepares to meet them--His March from Philadelphia--Establishes Head-quarters near Wilmington, [375;] Reconnoiters at Head of Elk--Encampment on Red Clay Neck--Proclamation of Howe--Advance of his Forces toward the Brandywine--Skirmishes ensue--Americans take Prisoners--Patriots retreat across the Brandy wine, [376;] Approach of British to the Brandywine--Plan of Battle, [377;] Position of American Army on the Brandywine, [378;] More Skirmishing--Engagement near Chad's Ford, [379;] Sullivan deceived by conflicting Intelligence--Suspense of Washington--Passage of the Brandywine by British--Forming of American Lines for Battle near Birmingham Meeting-house--Conduct of Deborre--Commencement of the Battle--Attack by British--General Action ensues--Americans maintain their Position--Great Carnage--Courage and Skill of Militia--Overwhelming Numbers of the British--Flight of Deborre and Sullivan to Chad's Ford--Conway maintains his Ground, [361;] Return of Sullivan with Stirling and La Fayette--Hot Contest ensues--Two of Sullivan's Aids killed--La Fayette wounded--Americans compelled to retreat--Relieved by Greene, [382;] British checked by Greene--Knyphausen prepares to cross the Brandywine, [383;] Bravery of Wayne--Americans retreat to Philadelphia--Result of Battle, [384.]
Battle at Brewton's Hill, near Savannah, [732.]
Battle on Brier Creek in 1779--Preparation for Action--British approach American Pickets--Elbert and Perkins fire upon British--Confusion of Patriots--Georgians gallantly maintain their Ground, [713;] Loss, [714.]
Battle near Brooklyn, Long Island, in 1776--March of British toward Brooklyn, [807;] Skirmish between Grant and Stirling--Storming of Flatbush Redoubt--Descent of Climon Surrender of Americans, [809;] Conflict between Stirling and Cornwallis--Atlee made Prisoner--Defeat and Capture of Stirling--Loss, [810;] Capture, Treatment, and Death of Woodhull-- Preparations to besiege Works at Brooklyn, [811;] Situation of the two Armies--Washington holds Council of War--Retreat of Americans to New York, [812.]
Battle near Camden, South Carolina, in 1780--Cornwallis marches to meet Gates, [671;] Both Parties surprised--Skirmish ensues--Gates calls Council of War--Preparations for Battle--Desperate Conflict--Virginia Troops, panic-stricken, flee in confusion--De Kalb and Gist maintain their Ground--British driven across Sanders's Creek--Renewal of Battle--Victory uncertain--Terrible Slaughter--Patriots defeated--Death of De Kalb, [673;] Flight of Americans--Loss and wounded, [674.]
Battle at Cowan's Ford in 1781--Approach of Cornwallis's Army--Davidson conceals his Men near the Ford--British attacked by Americans while crossing the Stream, [598;] Return the Fire on reaching the Shore--Colonel Hall killed. Davidson killed on first Approach, [599;] Americans disperse--Loss, [600.]
Battle of the Cowpens in 1781--Material of the Army under Morgan, [637;] Defeat of Tories by Colonel Washington--Pursuit of Morgan by Tarleton, [638;] Disposition of the American Army, [639;] Morgan prepared to fight--Addresses his Troops--The Attack--Tarleton's Charge, [640;] Bold Maneuver of Howard--Americans victorious, [641;] Retreat of the British--Encounter between Colonels Washington and Tarleton--Result of the Battle, [642.]
Battle at Eutaw Springs in 1781--Arrangement of Americans for Action, [700;] Arrangement of the British--Skirmishes--Commencement of the Battle, [701;] Bayonet Charge by Williams--Death of Campbell and Duval--Defeat and Capture of Colonel Washington--Retreat of the British, [702;] Folly of the Americans--Bravery of Lee's Legion--Contest at the Citadel--Retreat of Greene, [703;] Loss--Retreat of Stuart--Attacked by Marion and Lee, [704;] Retirement of Americans to the Santee Hills, [705.]
Battle at Fish Dam Ford and Blackstock's Plantation in 1780--Attack upon Wemyss, [651;] His Defeat--Sumter pursued by Tarleton, [652;] Flight of Tarleton--Sumter wounded--His Retreat, [653.]
Battle at Fishing Creek, between Sumter and British, and Defeat of former, [660.]
Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755--Braddock passes the Monongahela, [477;] Alarm of French--Conflict ensues--Confusion of both Parties--Washington adopts provincial Mode of Fighting--Awful Carnage--Braddock killed, [478;] Utter Defeat of British--Loss and wounded, [479.]
Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758--Boquet exceeds his Instructions--Grant's attempt to capture Fort Duquesne--Retreats, with great Loss--French pursue and attack Boquet's Camp--Battle ensues, with Loss of British--French burn Fort Duquesne, and escape down the Ohio, [480.]
Battle at Fort Necessity in 1754--Washington strengthens his Position at Fort Necessity--Places his Men outside the Trenches on approach of French--Orders his Men to reserve their Fire--Trenches Hooded by Rain--Desultory Fire all Day by both Parties--Washington capitulates, [476;] The Loss, [477.]
Battle at Fort Washington, New York, in 1776--Howe orders Magaw to surrender Fort Washington--Refused--British commence Cannonade, [825;] Disposition of the Garrison-Plan of Attack--Knyphausen's Assault, [826;] Attack of Stirling and Percy--Surrender of Magaw--Loss, [827.]
Battle of Germantown in 1777--Maneuvers of the two Armies on the Schuylkill--Washington's Plan of attacking Germantown--Calls Council of Officers, [315;] Americans approach the Village--Sullivan attacks British Pickets at Mount Airy--Enemy retreat--Engagement ensues near the Schuylkill--Enemy retreat to Chew's stone House, [316;] Discharge of Musketry upon Americans from within--Lieutenant Smith sent with Flag, demanding Surrender--Shot by British--Chew's House attempted to be tired--The Incendiary shot--Approach of General Greene--Severe Conflict ensues, [317;] Colonel Mathews surrenders--Americans deceived--Abandon the Field--Loss, and Names of Officers killed, [318.]
Battle at Great Bridge, near Norfolk, in 1775--Dunmore constructs Batteries and Intrenchments at Norfolk--Arms Tories and Blacks--Virginians fortify western End of Causeway--Attack of Fordyce--Repulsed by Patriots--Attack of Negroes and Tories, under Leslie, at Great Bridge--Assailants driven off in Confusion to Norfolk Side, [535;] The killed and wounded, [536.]
Battle near Guilford Court House in 1781--Greene invites Cornwallis to Battle, [606;] Approach of Tarleton's Troops--Action ensues near New Garden Meeting-house--Tarleton retreats to the main Army--Lee orders general Retreat--Greene prepares for Battle, [607;] Disposition of his Forces, [608;] Approach of Cornwallis--General Engagement--Flight of the Carolinians--Bravery of Virginians and Marylanders, [609;] Retreat of Marylanders--Colonel Washington puts British to flight--Colonel Stuart slain--O'Hara wounded--British victorious, [610;] Retreat of Americans-- Loss, [611.]
Battle at Gwyn's Island in 1776--Landing of Enemy--Intrenchments--Lewis erects Batteries opposite Enemy's Camp--Gives Signal of Attack, [537;] Discharges successive Shots into the Dunmore--Boatswain killed--Lord Dunmore wounded--Attack on Enemy's Fleet and Works--Ships attempt to escape--Colonel M'Clenahan crosses to the Island--British flee to Ships, leaving their killed and wounded--Loss of British, [538.]
Battle at Hanging Rock in 1780--Attack upon British--Approach of Sumter--Tories disperse, [662;] Patriots victorious--M'Clure killed--Sumter's Retreat--Loss, [663.]
Battle on Harlem Plains in 1776--Americans encamp on Harlem Heights--Battle on Harlem Plains--Death of Knowlton and Leitch, [818;] Loss--Departure of British for West Chester, [819.]
Battle on the Haw in 1781--Americans cross the Haw--Lee determines to surprise the Enemy--Pursues them to Plantation of O'Neil--Captures two of Tarleton's Officers--Resorts to Stratagem, [592;] Surprises the Enemy--Colonel Pyle, the Commander, wounded, and escapes--The killed and wounded, [593.]
Battle on Hobkirk's Hill in 1781--Rawdon prepares to attaek Greene, [678;] Disposition of the two Armies--Skirmish--Severe Conflict ensues--Yielding of Maryland Troops, [679;] Greene retreats--Colonel Washington's Charge upon Pursuers--Loss and wounded, [680.]
Battle near Jamestown Ford in 1781--Cornwallis resorts to Stratagem--La Fayette marches from Green Spring to British Outposts--Directs Wayne to make attack, to be followed by M'Pherson, [466;] Halts, after crossing Morass--Steuben remains at Green Spring--Attack on Outposts--Sanguinary Battle, [467;] Americans retreat to Point near Jamestown--Cornwallis proceeds to Portsmouth--Number of killed and wounded, [468.]
Battle of the Kegs, at Philadelphia, in 1777, Hopkinson's Facetious Toemon, [310.]
Battle at King's Mountain in 1780--March to the Cowpens, [632;] Pursuit of Ferguson--The Battle, [633;] Surrender of the British and Tories--Loss--Death of Ferguson, [634;] Execution of Tories--Character of the Battle, [635.]
Battle of Minisink in 1779--Brant, with Tories and Indians, attack the Village--The Inhabitants fly to the Mountains--Destruction of the Settlement--Doctor Tusten raises Volunteers--Holds Council of War, [101;] Proceeds to Half-way Brook--Sends out Scouts--Skirmishes ensue--Bloody Conflict--Turten and most of his Men slain, [102;] Brant's Defense--Effect of the Massacre--Major Wood saved by masonic Sign--Interment and Names of the slain--Monument to their Memory, [103.]
Battle of Monmouth in 1778--Clinton evacuates Philadelphia--Proceeds to Mount Holly--Pursued by Americans, [353;] Opposition of Lee--Washington determines to light--British Encampment at Monmouth, [354;] Enemy move toward Sandy Hook--Lee ordered to attaek, [355;] Approach of American advanced Corps--Preparations for Battle--Plan of Action, [356;] British attacked by Wayne--Latter checked by Lee--Strange Conduct of Lee toward La Fayette, [357;] Lee's Orders misunderstood--Retreat of Scott and Maxwell's Brigades--General retreat ordered by Lee, [358;] Forward Movement of Washington's Division--He meets Lee--Harsh Words ensue, [359;] Pursuing British checked--Courage and Skill of Washington, [360;] Fierceness of Battle--Picture by Custis--Bravery of Captain Molly, [361;] Gallant Conduct of Lee--Forming of the second Line--View of Battleground, [362;] Advance of Royal Grenadiers under Monckton--Death of Monekton--Close of Battle, [363;] Retreat of Clinton toward Sandy Hook--Character of Battle--Loss, [364;] Sufferings of Soldiers--Names of Officers slain--Spoils, [365.]
Battle at Moore's Creek Bridge in 1776--M'Donald pursued toward Moore's Creek, [585;] Peril of Highlanders--Preparations for Battle--Patriots cast up Breast-work near Moore's Creek Bridge, [587;] Approach of Highlanders-- Conflict ensues--M'Leod killed--Campbell mortally wounded--Highlanders routed, dispersed, or made Prisoners--The killed and wounded, [588.]
Battle at Musgrove's Mill in 1780--Collection of the Tories--Stratagem of Williams--Conflict--Colonel Innis wounded--Major Fraser killed, [560;] Loss and wounded, [651.]
Battle, Naval, off Newport, in 1778, between Howe and D'Estaing, [081;] in the Savannah in 1779, [734.]
Battle, Naval, off Newport, in 1775--American Galleys arrive from Providence, commanded by Captains Elliot and Grimes--Admiral Wallace leaves the Harbor, with his Fleet--Arrival of British Ship of War _Glasgow_--Repulsed from the Battery at Brenton's Point--Puts to Sea, [072;] Arrival of British Ships of War, _Scarborough and Scymetar_, with American Prizes, at Rose Island--Americans attempt to rescue Prizes--Attack the _Scarborough_--Captain Grimes recovers a Prize--The _Scarborough_ and a Schooner attempt to recapture--Arrested in their Progress by Land Batteries--Schooner captured and sent to Providence--The _Scarborough and Scymetar_ put to Sea--Terribly battered from Brenton's Point and Castle Hill, [073.]
Battle, Naval, in the Thames, in 1781--Appearance of British Fleet at Mouth of River, [042;] Landing of Enemy--March toward New London--Destruction of the Town and other Property, [043;] Infamy of Arnold--Attack on Fort Griswold--Its Defense and Capture--Murder of Colonel Ledyard, [044;] Cruelties at Fort Griswold--Miss Ledyard mitigates suffering of Prisoners--Departure of Enemy, [045.]
Battle, Naval, between Howe and Muglord, in 1776, [015.]
Battle, Naval, in Chesapeake Bay, between British and French Fleets, in 1781, [436,] [512,] [540.]
Battle, Naval, at Charleston, in 1706,745; in 1776, [754.]
Battle of North Point and Fort M'Henry, near Baltimore, in 1814, [388;] Names of Officers and Privates slain--Monument erected to their Memory, [389.]
Battle on Pequot Hill in 1637--Landing of Captain Mason--March toward the Mystic--Joined by Miantonomoh's Men, [047;] Destroy the Fort--Terrible massacre of Men, Women and Children--Departure of English for Saybrook--Arrival of Settlers from Massachusetts--Pequots flee to Saseo Swamp--Pursued by Settlers--Destruction of Corn-fields, Men, Women and Children--Sassacus escapes to the Mohawks--Pequots surrender, disperse, and become extinct, [048.]
Battle near Petersburg in 1781--Arnold proceeds to Osborne's to destroy American Flotilla and Stores--Whole Fleet and Stores captured or destroyed, [545.]
Battle at Point Pleasant in 1774--Lewis attacked by Cornstalk, [487;] Colonels Clark, Lewis and Hugh Allen mortally wounded--British Line gives way--Right Line of Indians attacked by Fleming and Field--Driven 'back--Cornstalk cheers his Men--Battle continues unabated; Indians retreat at Night--The killed and wounded, [488.]
Battle of Princeton in 1777--Approach of Cornwallis toward Trenton--Battles at Trenton Bridge and the Ford--Americans in Peril, [233;] Cornwallis outgeneraled--March of Americans toward Princeton--British discover their Approach, [234;] First Skirmish near Princeton--Effect of British Bayonets--Dispersion of the Americans-- Washington on the Field, [235;] Mercer mortally wounded--His Bravery, 236 Loss of Americans--Death of Mercer--Skirmish near Nasau Hall, in Princeton, [237;] Destruction of the King's Portrait in Nassau Hall-- British taken Prisoners--Skirmish at Worth's Mills, [238;] Disappointment of Enemy--Their Loss--Washington's Pursuit--Description of his bringing Militia and Riflemen into Action--Fatigue of Americans, [239.] Capture of British Baggage-wagons--Evacuation of New Jer sey by British, [240.]
Battle on Port Royal Island in 1779, [759.]
Battle on Quaker Hill in 1778--Encampment of the Americans on Butts's Hill--Hold Council of War--The Enemy allowed to collect on Quaker and Turkey Hill--British open Canonade--Returned by Americans--Skirmishes ensue--Arrival of British Vessels of War--Furious Engagement--Cessation of the Battle--Skirmishes--The killed and wounded, [083;] Rhode Island evacuated by the Americans, [084.]
Battle at Quimby's Creek Bridge in 1781, [773;] Loss, [774.]
Battle at Ramsour's Mills in 1780--The killed and wounded, [597.] .
Battle at Red Bank in 1777--Arrival of British Fleet in the Delaware, [291;] Removal of American Obstructions in River--Capture of Billingsport, [292;] Storming of Fort Mercer--Bravery-of Colonel Greene, [293;] Repulse of Hessians--Count Donop mortally wounded, [294;] Attack on Fort Mifflin--Enemy kept at bay by American Batteries and Galleys--Bravery and Vigilance of Colonel Smith--Destruction of British Vessels, [295;] Successful Defense of the Fort--Preparations for another attack by British, [276;] Storming of the Fort by Bombs and Shot--Narrow Escape of Colonel Smith---Destruction of American Battery, [297;] Gallant Defense of the Fortress--Destructive effect of Cannons and Bombs, [298;] Captain Talbot wounded--Americans set fire to Barracks--Evacuate the Fort--Escape to Red Bank--Fort Mercer abandoned by Americans--American Fleet attempt to escape--Vessels burned by their Crews--Defenses on the Delaware scattered to the Winds, [299.]
Battle at Rocky Mount--Huck sent out against Patriots--Destroys Hill's Iron-works--Burns Dwellings at Fishing Creek Church--Murders young Man on way to Church--Returns to Rocky Mount--Approach of Neil, Bratton, and M'Clure--Their attack on Huck--Fierce Conflict ensues--Huck and Ferguson killed--Tories dispersed--Sumter proceeds to Scene of Action, [659;] Attacks British--Unsuccessful--Withdraws--The killed and wounded, [660.]
Battle at Shantock Point, between Mohegans and Narragansets--Uneas pursues Miantonômoh--Captures and treats him with Kindness, [028;] Sends him to Hartford--Liberated by Commissioners of the Colonies, [029.]
Battle at Spencer's Ordinary in 1781--Simcoe marches to Chickahominy to destroy American Stores and collect Cattle--Intercepted by M'Pherson, at Spencer's Ordinary, on his return--Engagement--M'Pherson thrown from his Horse and severely hurt--Stratagem of Simcoe, [464;] Joined by Cornwallis--Drawn Battle--The Loss--Cornet Jones buried with Honors of War--March of Cornwallis for Jamestown Island, [405.]
Battle at Stono Ferry in 1779--Defeat of the Enemy--Their Retreat--Loss, [731.]
Battle at Trenton in 1776--American Army crosses Delaware on Christmas night, and silently proceeds to Trenton--Skirmish, [227;] Attack on the British--Hall mortally wounded--Capture of Hessians, [228;] Victory of Americans--Washington visits dying Rall--Parole of Honor signed by Hessian Officers, [229;] Rall's fatal Carousal, [230;] Retreat of British from Bordentown to Princeton--Their Line of Posts broken up--Good effect of Victory at Trenton, [231.]
Battle at Wateree Ford, between Sumter and British, [660.]
Battle near the Waxhaw, between Buford and Tarleton, in 1780, [664.]
Battle at White Plains in 1776--Position of the two Armies--British move toward the Village--Attempt to cross the Bronx--Repulsed by Hamilton--Conflict on Chatterton's Hill, [822;] Retreat of Americans--Loss--Withdrawal to North Castle, [823.]
Battle-ground at Quaker Hill, [089;] Minisink, [102;] Trenton, [228;] Princeton, [236,] [241;] Germantown, [314,] [316;] Barren Hill,329; Quintan's Bridge, [344;] Hancock's Bridge, [345;] Monmouth, [356,] [362,] [365;] Brandywine. [377,] [378,] [366;] Richmond, [435;] Spencer's Ordinary in 1781, [464;] Fort Duquesne, where Braddock fell, [478;] At Tickawav Plains in 1774, [488;] Of Siege of Yorktown in 1761, [515,] [518;] Near Petersburg in 1781, [544,] [545;] Peculator on the Allamance in 1771, [577,] [594;] Of the Haw in 1781, [593;] Near Guilford Court House in 1761, [606,] [611;] Near Kina's Mountain, [629;] At the Cowpens in 1780, [638;] Rocky Mount, [658;] Near Camden, [672;] Hobkirk's Hill, [676,]679; The Siege of Ninety-six, [691;] Siege of Savannah in 1779,736; Siege of Charleston in 1760,765; Long Island, [809;] White Plains, [822.]
Bauman, Major, at Siege of Yorktown in 1781--Reports of Condition of Artillery at West Point--Ex-postmaster in the City of New York, [516.]
Baylor, Colonel, Massacre of his Corps at Old Tappan, [196.]
Beatty, Captain, at Battle of Cowpens in, [017.]81, [639.]
Belcher, Governor, presents College of New Jersey with Library, [243.]
Bell, Liberty, in State House, Philadelphia--Its History--Carried to Place of Safety from British in 1777, [272.]
Benson. Lieutenant, wounded at Siege of Fort Ninety-six in 1781, [694.]
Berkeley, Sir William, Notice of, [446,] [559;] Succeeds Wyatt as Governor of Virginia in 1641--Biographical Sketch of, [459;] Flees to Virginia on Death of Charles I.--Proclaims Charles II. King of Virginia--Elected Governor of Virginia in 1659, [460;] Refuses Virginians Privilege of protecting themselves--Proclaims Bacon a Traitor--Orders Troops to pursue and arrest him--Recalls them to quell Rebellion--Compelled to yield--Promises to sign Bacon's Commission--Publishes Proclamation reversing former Proceedings--Calls upon Aristocracy to join him--Driven from Jamestown to the Chesapeake, [461;] Returns to Middle Plantation on Death of.
Bacon--Wreaks Vengeance upon insurgents--Rules with iron Hand--Recalled to England--Dies, [462.]
Beverly Dock, Notice of, [140,] [161.]
Bethlehem, Moravian Establishment at, Notice of--The Recipient of La Fayette while recovering from Wounds in 1778, [382,] [391.]
Billingsport, Capture of, by British in 1777, [292.]
Bills, drawn on Franklin and Jay by Government in 1780, [087;] Proposed conciliatory Passage of Lord North's relative to Disorders in America, [346;] Rejected by Americans, [349.]
Biographical Sketch of Major John Armstrong, [166;] General Benedict Arnold, [142;] James Robertson Arnold, [158;] Major John André, [197;] Reverend James F. Armstrong, [246;] General John Armstrong, [315;] General James Agnew, [318;] Charles Armand (Marquis de la Rouarie), [466;] Abraham Alexander--Elijah Alexander, [617;] General John Ashe, [714;] William Alexander (Earl of Stirling), [807;] Colonel William Barton, [075;] Major Robert Burnet, [118;] William Bradford, [258;] Colonel Theodorie Bland, [380;] Governor William Berkeley, [459;] Nathaniel Bacon, [461;] Norborne Berkeley (Baron de Botetourt), [469;] General Henry Boquet, [347;] Colonel Daniel Boone, [491;] Dr. Ephraim Brevard, [618;] Governor Thomas Burke, [777;] John Battin, [827;] Governor Nicholas Cooke, [057;] Captain Benjamin Church, [095;] General James Clinton, [112;] Enoch Crosby (Harvey Birch), [123;] General John Cadwallader, [226;] Dr. Craik, [241;] Benjamin Chew, [314;] Colonel Cresap, [490;] Colonel George R. Clarke, [493;] Lord Cornwallis, [510;] Marquis De Chastellux,513; Count De Custine, [517;] Anthony A. Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), [560;] Governor Richard Caswell, [585;] Colonel Edward Carrington, [604;] Colonel William Campbell, [632;] Robert Cunningham, [649;] Colonel Cruger, [690;] Captain John Coffin, [699;] Lord William Campbell, [750;] Sir Henry Clinton, [762;] Dr. Cadwallader Colden, [786;] General George Clinton, [838;] Lieutenant-colonel De Fleury, [181;] General Dickinson, [220;] Reverend Mr. Duché, [208;] Count De Grasse, [511;] Count Mathieu Dumas, [520;] Lord Dunmore, [538;] General William Davidson, [599;] William H. Drayton, [649;] Baron De Kalb, [667;] Colonel John Dooly, [712;] General Oliver Delancey, [829;] Martha Dandridge (Mrs. Washington), [840;] Count D'Estaing, [078;] Reverend John Eliot, [091;] General James Ewing, [229;] General Samuel Elbert, [711;] Mrs. Faugeres, [130;] Governor William Franklin, [217;] Colonel Frederic Frelinghuysen, [219;] Colonel Joshua Fry, [475;] General John Forbes, [479;] Edmund Fanning, [574;] Major Patrick Ferguson, [634;] Daniel Gookin, [092;] Joseph Galloway, [269;] Colonel Christopher Greene, [294;] Colonel William Grayson, [355;] General John Gibson, [490;] General Nathaniel Greene, [595;] Captain Joseph Graham, [598;] George Graham, [626;] General Horatio Gates, [669;] General Mordecai Gist, [671;] Governor Christopher Gadsden, [748;] Stephen Hopkins (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement); Benjamin Huntington, [032;] General Jabez Huntington, [039;] Governor Richard Howell. [245;] Colonel Moses Hazen, [380;] Patrick Henry, [439;] John Holt, [534;] Cornelius Harnett, [582;] Colonel John E. Howard, [639;] Colonel Joseph Habersham, [726;] General Robert Howe, [729;] Colonel Isaac Hayne, [774;] Richard Earl Howe, [814;] General William Heath, [820;] Reverend David Jones, [371;] Samuel Jenkins, [421;] John Harvey, [579;] Governor Janies Jackson, [739;] Usual Knapp, [119;] Simon Kenton, [494;] Ruloff de Kype, [803;] General Henry Knox, [838;] Duke De Lauzun, [034;] Colonel Henry Livingston. [152;] John Laurance, [197;] General Charles Lee, [221;] James Logan, [313;] General La Fayette, [324;] Colonel Fielding Lewis, [427;] Logan, [490;] General Andrew Lewis, [537;] Joint Locke, [560;] General John Alexander Lillington, [585;] General Benjamin Lincoln, [733;] John Laurens, [778;] Jacob Leisler, [785;] Colonel John Lamb, [791;] General Alexander M'Dougall, [172;] Robert Morris (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence. Supplement); General Mercer, [237;] Dr. Morgan, [240;] General William Maxwell, [358;] Captain Molly, [361;] General John P. G. Muhlenberg, [383;] Governor Josiah Martin, [598;] General Daniel Morgan, [637;] Captain John M'Clure, [663;] General Francis Marion, [683;] Mrs. Jacob Motte (Rebecca Brewton), [685;] Colonel Hezekiah Maham, [707;] General Lachlin M'Intosh, [728;] General William Moultrie, [751;] General Thomas Mifflin, [841;] General Francis Nash, [320;] General W. North, [342;] Governor Thomas Nelson, [508;] Governor Abner Nash, [675;] Colonel Aaron Ogden, [200;] Colonel Eleazer Oswald, [357;] General James Oglethorpe, [721;] General Samuel H. Parsons, [174;] William Penn, [253;] General Enoch Poor, [328;] William Pitt, [348;] Charles Pratt (Earl of Camulin), [400;] Charles W. Peale, [409;] General William Phillips, [546;] Colonel Thomas Polk, [624;] Colonel William Polk, [700;] General Andrew Pickens, [717;] Count Casimir Pulaski, [735;] General Thomas Pinckney, [758;] General Charles C. Pinckney, [763;] General Israel Putnam, [805;] Dr. David Rittenhouse, [243;] Peyton Randolph, [266;] Mrs. Esther Reed, [312;] James Rees, [313;] General Joseph Reed, [351;] Sir Walter Raleigh, [451;] Count De Rochambeau, [527;] General Rutherford, [597;] Colonel Richard Richardson, [650;] Lord Francis Rawdon, [677;] Governor John Reynolds, [723;] Judge John Rutlege, [752;] James Rivington, [796;] Thomas Short, [050;] Hannah Sabine, [057;] General Joseph Spencer, [080;] Beverly Robinson, [140,] [481;] Joshua II. Smith, [184;] Claudius Smith, [210;] Dr. Shippen, [241;] Richard Stockton (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement); Colonel Samuel Smith, [295;] General Adam Stephen, [320;] Baron Steuben, [342;] General Charles Seott, [353;] Captain John Smith, [453;] Colonel Alexander Seammell, [515;] Colonel Ebenezer Stevens, [516;] General Edward Stevens, [535,] [536;] Colonel Isaac Shelby, [631;] Colonel John Sevier, [633;] John Stuart, [647;] General Thomas Sumter, [651;] General William Smallwood, [673;] General Jethro Sumner, [607;] Governor Petrus Stuyvesant, [784;] Colonel Micah Smith, [791;] Captain Isaac Sears--Bishop Samuel Seabury, [797;] General John Morin Scott, [805;] Major Thompson (Count Rumford), [023;] Jonathan Trumbull, [033;] Charles Thomson, [266;] Reverend William Tennant--Reverend Gilbert Tennant, [365;] Governor William Tryon, [567;] General Banastre Tarleton, [607;] Colonel William 'Thompson, [650;] Major Benjamin Tallmadge, [833;] Colonel Richard Varick, [157;] General Philip van Cortlandt, [170;] General James Varnum, [292;] William Williams (see Biography of Signers of Declaration of Independence, Supplement); General Joseph Williams, [040;] Reverend Roger Williams, [055;] Governor Joseph Wanton, [060;] David Williams, [205;] Captain White Eyes, [250;] Baron Do Woedtke, [329;] General George Weedon, [382;] General Woodford, [363;] Washington Family, [423;] Ensign Robert Wilson, [524;] General Otho II. Williams, [602;] Colonel James Williams, [632;] Major Joseph Winston, [633;] Colonel William Augustus Washington, [641;] William Winn, [658;] General Nathaniel Woodhull, [811;] Elizabeth Zane, [498.]
Bill, Boston Port, Effect of, on Colonies, [486.]
Bills of Credit, issued at New, York in 1769, [791.]
Bills, Parliamentary, prohibiting Intercourse and Trade with the Colonies till they' should submit--Placing the Country under Martial Law, [020.]
Birch, Harvey, Identity of, authenticated as Enoch Crosby, [122,] [123.]
Bird, Colonel, killed at Battle of Germantown in 1777, [318.]
Birdsall, Daniel. Notice of, [169.]
Blackstone, William, first White Settler of Rhode Island, [054.]
Blackstone, Nathaniel. Governor of Maryland, [399.]
Bladensburg, Maryland, Battle of, in 1814--Noted for Duelling, [405.]
Blake, Joseph, Governor of South Carolina, [562.]
Bland, Colonel Theodorie, at Jones's Ford in 1777--Biographical Sketch of, [380;] Superintends March of Burgoyne's captive Troops to Charlottesville in 1778, [551;] His Kindness and Hospitality, [552.]
Blandford, Virginia, early History of--Its aneient Church, [542.]
Bleecker, Mrs., Quotation from, [131.]
Boyd, John, killed at Battle of King's Mountain in 1780, [634.]
Bolling, Colonel, Notice of, [542.]
Bolling. Mrs., furnishes Mead-quarters to Phillips and Arnold at Petersburg in 1781--Noticed by Chastellux, [544;] A Descendant of Pocahontas, [545.]
Bombardment of Boston in 1776, [009;] Of Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1775, [072;] Of Fort La Fayette in 1779, [180;] Of Fort M'Henry, near Baltimore, in 1814, [388;] Of Norfolk in 1775, [537;] Of Yorktown in 1781, [517;] Of Governor Nelson's Mansion, [521;] Of Savannah in 1779, [737;] Of Charleston in 1780, [766.]
Bonaparte, Joseph, Residence at Bordentown, [220.]
Boudinot, Elias, Quotation from, [367.]
Bonner, Colonel, killed at Battle of Monmouth, [365.]
Boone, Colonel Daniel, Biographical Sketch of--Capture and Massacre Iff his Family by Indians, [491,] [492.]
Boote, Benjamin, inimical to Patriot Cause, [621.]
Boquet, General Henry, in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758, [480;] Besieges Detroit in 1774--Compels Indians to agree to Treaty--Biographical Sketch of, [487.]
Bordentown, Notice of, [219;] Revolutionary Events of, [220.]
Bose, Colonel, at Battle of Guilford in 1781, [609.]
Boston, Siege of in 1776, [009;] Bombardment of, [012;] People of, short of Provisions in 1774--Poor of, receive Provisions from Norwich, [031;] Hold Town Meeting relative to Declaration of Independence in 1776, [275;] Contributes to Relief of Sufferers at Savannah in 1774, [725.]
Botetourt, Baron de (Norborne Berkeley), Governor of Virginia in 1768. [469,] [473,] [484;] Biographical Sketch of, [469;] His Character, [484;] Death of, in 1774, [485.]
Botta, Charles, Quotation from, [240.]
Bourke, Betsey. Notice of, [584.]
Bowen, William, taken Prisoner by Turks in 1724--Money raised for his Ransom, [091.]
Boyd, Captain, Vigilance of, in relation to Andre, [186;] In Expedition to Petersburg in 1781, [544.]
Boyd, Tory, in Georgia,', [712.]
Boyer (President of Hayti), brought to Norwich as French Prisoner in 1797, [039.]
Braddock. General E. arrives in Virginia, from Ireland, with five hundred Men, in 1755--Commands Expedition to Fort Duquesne, [477;] Death of, [478;] Supposed to have been shot by Faucett. One of his own Men, [479.]
Bradford, Andrew. Notice of, [258.]
Bradford, William, Proprietor of Pennsylvania Journal--Biographical Sketch of, [258;] Publishes Journal in New York in 1726, [786.]
Brainerd, Quotation from, [098.]
Brandywine, Topography of Battle ground and River, [377.]
Brant, Joseph, at Battle of Minisink in 1779, [102;] His Defense--Saves Major Wood, [103.]
Bratton, Captain, in Battle at Rocky Mount in 1780, [659.]
Bratton, Mrs. Martha, Fortitude of, [659.]
Breakfast-room of Arnold at Robinson House, [158.]
Brevard, Dr. Ephraim, reputed Author of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and Constitution of Government--Biographical Sketch of, [618.]
Brewster, Anna, dwarf Maiden at New Windsor--Declines visiting Lady Washington--Acrostic on, [113.]
Bridge over Sleepy Hollow Creek, [191;] At M'Conkey's Ferry, [221;] Above Trenton, [233;] At Worth's Mill, [234;] Over Stony Brook in 1777, cut away by Kelly, [238;] Quintan's Skirmish at, in 1778, [344;] Hancock's Massacre at, [345;] Mayo's, over James River, [438;] Great, over Elizabeth River, above Norfolk, [533;] Gee's, [555;] Near Rugeley's Mill, South Carolina, [666;] Quimby's Creek, Battle at in 1781, [773;] King's (New York), Notice of, [794;] King's, Battle of in 1777, [829.]
Bristol, Rhode Island, bombarded by Wallace in 1775, [072.]
Broadwater, Captain Charles, Notice of, [421.]
Bromfield, Major, left in command of Fort Griswold on Death of Montgomery, [044.]
Brooklyn, settled by Walloons in 1625; Birth of first white Child, [763;] Topography and Fortifications, [806;] Preparations to besiege its Works, [811.]
Brooks, James G., Quotation from, [216.]
Brooks, Colonel. Notice of, [549.]
Brown, J. Carter, Notice of, [058.]
Brown, John, projects Plan for burning schooner Gaspee, [061.]
Brown, General Jacob, erects Monument at West Point to the Memory of Colonel Wood, [131.]
Brown, Nicholas, founds Brown University, [059.]
Brown, Colonel Thomas, sentenced to be tarred and feathered in 1775. [710;] His cruelty at Augusta, [714;] At Savannah, [740.]
Brown, Governor, of New Providence, exchanged as Prisoner for Stirling, [814.]
Brunswick. North Carolina, Notice of, [568.]
Brush, Clean, Tory. Notice of, [011,] [013.]
Bryant, John G., Quotation from, [216.]
Bryant. William Cullen. Quotations from, [059,] [463,] [684.]
Bucklin, Thomas, discharges Musket at Duddington on board the Gaspee, [062.]
Buford. Colonel Abraham, Men of, massacred by Tarleton, [664.]
Bugler Boy, Lee's, murdered by Miller, [603.]
Bullit, Captain, in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1758, [480;] At Battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, in 1775, [534.]
Bullock, John H, Notice of, [556.]
Bunker Hill, taken Possession of by Putnam in 1776, [014.]
Burgesses, Virginia, House of, Session of, &c. See Assembly, Virginia.
Burgoyne, General, Picture of his Captives--Leaves Boston for England in 1777, [025,] [551;] His captured Army retained, [550.]
Burke, Edmund, proposes conciliatory Bill in Parliament, in 1775, to repeal Boston Port Bill--Not to tax America--Recommending general Amnesty, &c., [019;] His Eloquence in Parliament, denouncing measures of Government, in 1776.
Burke, Mr., Notice of, [429.]
Burke. Governor Thomas, Abduction of Biographical Sketch of, [777.]
Burke, Judge Ædanus, attacks Constitution of Society of the Cincinnati, [127.]
Burletta, a Farce, "Boston Blockaded,", [011.]
Burnet, Major Robert, Recollections of, [109;] Describes Temple near New Windsor--Biographical Sketch of, [118.]
Burton, Colonel, wounded in Battle at Fort Duquesne in 1755, [479.]
Burr, Colonel Aaron, Head-quarters of, near Sufferns, in 1777, [214;] His attack upon British Pickets, near Hackensack, [215.]
Burwell, acting Governor of Virginia in 1750, [473.] Bushnell, Mr., Inventor of Torpedoes, [310,] [814.]
Bushnell, Richard, Quotation from, [030.]
Butler, Colonel Percival, at Battle of Spencer's Ordinary in 1781, [464.]
Butler, General, joins Greene at Troublesome Creek in 1781, [606;] At Battle of Guilford, [609.]
Buttermilk Falls, Notice of, [139.]
Butts's Hill, Notice of, [083,] [089.]
Byrd, Colonel William, Notice of, [432,] [441,] [452;] In Expedition against Fort Duquesne in 1758, [479;] Against Kentucky Forts in 1780, [500.]
Byrd, Mrs., visited by Do Chastellux, [441.]
Byrd's Warehouse at Richmond, [432.]
Byron, Admiral, sails for America with British Fleet in 1778, [078.]
Byron, Lord, Quotation from, [492.]