St. Clair, General Arthur, at Fort Ticonderoga, [127].
St. Eustacius, captured by Rodney, [246].
St. Johns, Montgomery captures, [44].
St. Leger, General Barry, at Fort Stanwix, [133]-[134]; at Oriskany, [135]-[136].
Saint-Simon, French officer in America, [232].
Sandy Hook (NY), French fleet at, [200], [201].
Saratoga (NY), Burgoyne at, [132], [141], [143]; Burgoyne's surrender, [68], [122], [143]-[147], [149], [186]; Arnold at, [238]; Morgan at, [247].
Savannah (GA), British land at, [211].
Savile, Sir George, opinion of the Revolution, [69].
Schuyler, General Philip, goes to Canada by way of Lake Champlain, [43]; Gates supersedes, [142].
Serapis (ship), Jones captures, [205].
Shelburne, Lord, Prime minister, [268].
Shippen, Margaret, [195]; marries Arnold, [239].
Simcoe, General J.G., with Clinton at Charleston, [216]; Governor of Upper Canada, [228].
Skinner, C. L., Pioneers of the Old Southwest, cited [222].
Slavery, Washington as a slave-owner, [21].
Slave-trade, Declaration of Independence makes King responsible for, [77].
South, war in the, [211] et seq.
South Carolina, neutrality proposed, [213]; British control, [217].
Spain, against England, [187], [203]-[204], [206]; navy, [187]; and Gibraltar, [270]; and peace treaty, [272].
Stamp Act, [69], [183], [192].
Stanwix (NY), Fort, St. Leger before, [133]-[134].
Staten Island (NY), Howe on, [86], [87], [115].
States, Congress and, [163].
Steuben, Baron von, service in Revolution, [174]-[175]; in Virginia, [247].
Stillwater (NY), American camp at, [141]; Burgoyne attacks Gates at, [142]-[143]; Burgoyne's defeat, [143].
Stirling, Lord, prisoner, [89].
Stony Point (NY), [99].
Stuart, Gilbert, and Washington, [16].
Sullivan, General John, takes prisoner at battle of Long Island, [89]; sent by Howe to interview Congress, [92]; exchanged, [99]; at Morristown, [99]; and Washington, [110]-[111]; at Germantown, [122]; at Providence, [201].
Sumter, Thomas, guerrilla leader, [220], [247].
Sweden, Armed Neutrality, [206].
T
Talleyrand, French officer in America, [232].
Tarleton, Colonel Banastre, raids, [216], [217]; at Camden, [219]-[220]; and Marion, [221]; King's Mountain, [248]; takes Charlottesville (VA), [252]-[253]; in Yorktown, [263]; and Cornwallis, [264].
Terrible (ship), [261].
Test Acts, [226].
Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), [134].
Thomas, General, on Plains of Abraham, [50].
Thompson, General, attacks Three River, [51].
Three Rivers (QC), attack on, [51].
Throg's Neck (NY), Howe at, [95].
Ticonderoga (NY), Fort, captured by Allen, [39]-[40], [42]; Arnold retreats to, [53]; Burgoyne lays siege to, [126]-[127]; Lincoln besieges, [142].
Tories, plundering of, [111]; see also Loyalists.
Toronto (ON), Loyalists in, [228].
Transportation, need of military engineers for, [152].
Trenton (NJ), Howe at, [100]; attack on, [101]-[107], [109]; Greene at, [171].
Tryon, Governor of New York, [225].
V
Valley Forge (PA) Washington at, [148] et seq.; Washington leaves, [196].
Vergennes, French Foreign Minister, 182-183, [184], [197], [271].
Vincennes, Clark at, [223].
Virginia, choice of a commander from, [8]; state of society, [19]-[20], [32]-[33]; on independence, [73]; Convention changes church service, [79]; Burgoyne's force in, [146]; covets lands in Northwest, [222]; Steuben in, [247]; Cornwallis in, [251].
Vulture (sloop of war), [241], [242], [243].
W
Walpole, Horace [59], [64], [73]-[74]; Gates godson of, [142]; quoted, [217].
Ward, General Artemus, and siege of Boston, [3].
Washington, George, at second Continental Congress, [1], [259]; champion of colonial cause, [1]-[2], [23]-[24], [59]; chosen Commander-in-Chief, [8]-[9]; journey to Boston, [9]-[11]; personal characteristics, [11], [13]-[16], [109]; life, [11]; as a landowner, [12]; education, [13]; contrasted with English country gentlemen, [17]-[20]; wealth; [20], [56]; as a farmer, [20]-[21]; a slave-owner, [21]; with Braddock, [22]-[23]; opinion of George III, [25], [63]; not a professional soldier, [27]; reorganizes army, [30]-[35]; favors conscription, [34]; at Boston, [36]; plans against Canada, [40]-[43]; mourns Montgomery, [47]; hated of British, [57]-[58]; Coke and, [71], [72], [189]; advocates independence, [75]; headquarters in New York, [82], [87]; Howe's letter to, [86]-[87]; at Brooklyn Heights, [88]-[91]; exposed to enemy in New York, [93]; and Congress, [96], [146], [163]-[164]; Lee and, [98]-[99], [199]; retreats across New Jersey, [100]; attack upon Trenton, [101]-[107], [109]; on Howe's dilatoriness, [109]; in New Jersey, [110]; and Sullivan, [111]; policy toward Loyalists, [111]; on plundering, [111]; need of maps, [111]; and Howe, [113]-[115], [118], [120], [142]; and Burgoyne, [116]; at the Brandywine, [118]-[119]; Germantown, [121]-[122]; at Valley Forge, [148] et seq.; religion, [161]; relations with staff, [167]-[168]; as military leader, [170]; volunteers come to, [174]; distrustful of France, [188]-[189]; celebrates French alliance, [193]; army occupies Philadelphia, [196]; follows Clinton across New Jersey, [197]-[198]; Monmouth Court House, [199]; despair of, 1779-1780, [208]-[209]; guards Hudson, [209]-[210]; French under, [210]; opinion of Tories, [227]; and Rochambeau, [234], [236], [237], [255]; reprimands Arnold, [239]-[240]; and Andre, [243]; plan differs from French, [255]; march to Yorktown, [255] et seq.; and Carleton, [269]; believes self-interest dominant in politics, [271]-[272]; bids farewell to army, [274]; gives up command, [275]; at Mount Vernon, [275]; influences upon future, [275]-[276]; bibliography, [278].
Washington, Fort (NY), held by Americans, [96]-[97]; British take, [97].
West Indies, conquests restored, [273].
West Point (NY), fortification, [236], [237]-[238]; Arnold in command, [238]; plot to surrender, [240]-[244].
White Plains (NY), battle of, [96].
Wight, Isle of, plan to seize, [204].
Wilkes, John, introduces bill into Parliament, [191].
Wilmington (NC), British fleet reaches, [82]; Cornwallis in, [250].
Winslow, Edward, quoted, [49].
Wyoming (PA) massacre, [229].
Y
York (PA), Congress at, [162], [163].
Yorktown, Cornwallis surrenders at, [228], [247] et seq.