Cornstalk, in Battle at Point Pleasant in 1774, [487;] Treats with Lord Dunmore for Peace, [489.]
Cornwallis, Lord, takes Fort Lee in 1776, [221;] Urges capture of Philadelphia--Injudicious Disposition of his Troops--Looks with Contempt upon Washington's weakened Forces--Returns to Headquarters in New York--Prepares to Sail for England on leave of Absence, [226;] Ordered back to New Jersey, [231;] Approach toward Trenton, [233;] Outgeneraled, [234;] Proceeds to Princeton, [238;] Evacuates New Jersey via New Brunswick, [240;] Personal Appearance of, [309;] Affords Succor to British Camp at Germantown, [320;] In Skirmish with Americans in 1777, [376;] Anecdote of, [429;] Joins Arnold at Petersburg in 1781, [463,] [547;] Retreats to Richmond--Thence to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Portsmouth--Pursued by La Fayette and Wayne--Sends Simeon, Armstrong, and Ewald to Chickahominy River to destroy American Stores and collect Cattle, [463;] At Battle of Spencer's Ordinary in 1781--Retreats to Jamestown, and, [465;] Resorts to Stratagem--Encamps Forces in Pine Forest on main Land--Casts up Fortifications on Powhatan Creek--Success ol his Stratagem, [466;] Engagement--Concentrates his Forces at Jamestown Island, and proceeds to Portsmouth, [468;] Ordered to the Chesapeake in 1781--Fortifies Yorktown and Gloucester--Biographical Sketch of, [510;] Attempts to escape into Carolina in 1781, [511;] Conduct on his March through Southern States, [524;] Surrenders British Standards at Yorktown. [525;] Brought to New York as Prisoner on Parole, [526;] Place of Surrender and Capitulation, [530;] Proposes to enter Virginia In 1780, [539;] Attempts to establish royal Power in Lower Virginia, [543;] Causes British Marauders to be put to death--Assumes command of Army at Petersburg in 1781, [547;] Joined by Re-enforcements at Westover--Marches toward Richmond--Attempts to intercept Wayne--Sends Simcoe to Point of Fork to surprise Steuben--Dispatches Tarleton and Champagne to attempt capture of Jefferson and Members of Virginia Legislature at Charlottesville-- Attempts to destroy American Stores at Albemarie Old Court House-- Hastens to Williamsburg, [550;] His Office and Head-quarters at Hillsborough, [590;] Crosses the Catawba and Yadkin in Pursuit or Greene, [600,] [601;] Efforts to reach the Dan, [603;] Disappointment, [604;] Retires to Bell's Mills, Deep River--Marches toward New Garden Meeting-house-- Invited to Battle by Greene, [606;] His victorious Blow, [610;] His Victory equivalent to a Defeat--Precipitate Retreat to Cross Creek--Pursued by Greene, [612;] Marches to Wilmington., [613;] Moves to Charlotte in 1780-- Issues Proclamations, [624;] Establishes Post at Blair's Mill, [625;] Head-quarters at Charlotte ami Winnsborough--Marches southward, [626;] At Camden, [670;] In command at New York in 1776, [804;] Pursues Washington, [825.]
Cortlandts, or Van Cnrtlandts, History, of, [169.]
Coram, Destruction of Stores at, in 1780, [834.]
Cotton, Rev. Mr., Notice of, [069.]
Council, Common, of London, remonstrate in favor of the Americans--Movement for an impeachment of Counselors who had planted Popery and arbitrary Power in America, [017.]
Council of Officers, summoned by Sir Henry Clinton, at New York, relative to release of André, [201.]
Council, Provincial, established in North Carolina in 1775, [582;] In South Carolina in 1775, [750.]
Council of War, called by Washington at Cambridge in 1776, [010;] At Butts's Hill in 1778, [085;] Held by Washington, before leaving Valley Forge, in 1778--Also at Hopewell, while in pursuit of the Enemy, [353;] By General Forbes, at Fort Duquesne, in 1758, [480;] Held by Kentuckians in 1782, [501;] Called by Gates, near Camden, in 1780, [672;] Called by Washington, at Fordham, in 1776, [825.]
Council of Washington with Indian Chiefs, at Logstown, in 1753, [473.]