Revolt of part of the Continental army | Schuyler, Fort, siege of, by Colonel St.
Revolution in the colonies assumes a dis- tinct form in 1774, 131; further
movements in 1775, 156; conclusion of, 347.
Revolutionary writers, 348. Rhode Island, people of, burn the British
revenue schooner Gaspee, 99; Brit- ish take possession of the islands of Rhode Island, Conanicut, and Pru- dence, 204; siege of Newport by the Americans, 249; battle of, ib.; evac- uated by the British, 277. Ridgefield, battle of, 212. Rivington, James (King's printer), his press destroyed by Americans under Capt. Sears, 171; his press re-estab- lished, 285; publishes a letter al- leged to have been written by Mr. Laurens, President of Congress, charging members with corruption,
Rochambeau, Count de, commander of the French army, arrives at Newport, 297; meets Washington in confer- ence at Hartford, 298; they proceed in company to Virginia, 324; siege of Yorktown, and surrender of Corn- wallis, 325, 326; the count receives a special vote of thanks from Con- gress, 326; returns to France, 469. Rockingham, Marquis of, premier, 67; cabinet dissolved, 72; premier again in 1782, 333; dies, and is succeeded by Shelburne, 334.
Roebuck, Dr., employed by British min-
isters to counteract Dr. Franklin, 183; procures petitions from the people in favor of ministers, 134. Royalists (see Tories).
Sag Harbor, L. I., destruction of British vessels and stores at, by Col. Meigs,
St. Leger, Colonel, sends an expedition against Fort Schuyler, on the Mo- hawk, 222; his defeat and final re- treat, 224, 225. Savannah, battle of, and defeat of the
Americans, 254; is taken by the British troops under Col. Campbell, ib.; attacked by the French and Americans, and successfully defend- ed by Gen. Prevost, 277. Schuyler, Gen., commands the northern
army, 205; commands the forces to oppose Gen. Burgoyne, 223; evacu- ates Fort Edward, and retreats to- wards the Hudson, ib.; his army in- creased, ib.; is succeeded in the chief command by Gen. Gates, 225; his humanity and kind treatment of the British prisoners, 229.
Leger, 224; gallant defence of, by Colonel Gansevoort, and retreat of St. Leger, 225.
Sears, Captain Isaac, destroys Riving- ton's printing press at New York, 171; seizes Rev. Mr. Seabury and other clergymen of the Church of England, ib.
Slaves, great numbers captured by the British, 271, 323.
Smith, Adam, endeavors to counteract Dr. Franklin's movements in Eng- land, 133.
Smithsonian Institute, the, 694. Sons of Liberty, origin of societies of, 66; name given to patriots by Colonel Barré, 91.
South Carolina, effect of the battle of Lexington and acts of Parliament
on the people, 149; vigorous meas- ures adopted by, ib.; Provincial Congress convoked, ib.; bills of credit emitted, ib.; campaign in 1780-81, 315-322. (See Charleston, Clinton, Cornwallis, and Greene.) Spain joins France against England, 276;
her pecuniary aid to the United States, 313.
Springfield, N. J., battle at, 297; burned by the British, ib. Stamp Act, proposed by Grenville, 53;
opposed by Colonel Barré, 57; pas- sage of, 58; reception of, in Ameri- ca, ib.; mobs and riots on account of, 64, 65; discussion on, in Parlia- ment, 68-70; repealed, 70; rejoi cings on account of repeal, in Eng- land and America, ib. Stark, General, defeats the British under Col. Baum, at Bennington, 224. St. Clair, Arthur, life of, 480. Steuben, Baron, arrives in the United States, and tenders his services to Congress, 235; succeeds Gen. Con- way as Inspector-General, and intro- duces a system of tactics and dis- cipline into the army, 240. Stirling, General Lord, commands part of the American troops on Long Island, 194; gallantry of his com- mand in that battle, ib.; is defeated and taken prisoner, 195; at the bat- tle of Trenton, 203; is defeated by Cornwallis, near Middlebrook, 215; joins Putnam on the Hudson river, 216; attempts an attack upon Staten Island, but is compelled to retreat,
Stony Point, fort at, taken by the Brit-
ish, 272; stormed and recaptured by the Americans under Wayne, 274; abandoned by Wayne, and again garrisoned by the British,
275; is evacuated by the British,
Sullivan, John, appointed brigadier- general, 159; commands a division of the army on Long Island, 194; is defeated and taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, 194-195; is parolled, and sent by Lord Howe with a message to Congress, 196; is exchanged, and succeeds General Charles Lee in command, 202; at the battle of Trenton, 203; is order- ed to cross the Hudson, and encamp near Peekskill, 216; commands the right wing of the army at the bat- tle of Brandywine, 218; is attacked by Cornwallis, and compelled to re- treat, ib.; his expedition against the British troops at Rhode Island, 249; battle of Rhode Island, ib.; his admirable retreat, ib.; commands an expedition against the hostile Indians on the Susquehanna, 278; burns their villages, and compels them to retreat to the wilderness,
279. Sumter, Colonel, a partisan leader at the South, attacks the British regulars | and tories at Rocky Mount, and is repulsed, 291; defeats them at Hanging Rock, ib.; after a success- ful attack on the Wateree, he is de- feated by Colonel Tarleton, 293; created brigadier-general, collects a band of volunteers, and again har- asses the British army, 294; defeats Major Wemys at Broad river, and Col. Tarleton at Blackstock, 295. Supreme Court of the United States since 1789, 555.
Tallmage, Major, his gallant enterprise
against Fort George-on Long Isl and, 308. Tarleton, Colonel, defeats and cuts to
pieces a body of Americans in Caro- lina, 291; charges and disperses American troops with great slaugh- ter at Sanders' Creek, 292; his operations checked by Marion, 294; defeated by Morgan at the Cowpens, pursued by Col. W. Washington, 315. Taxes, on the colonies, proposed by Gren- ville, 53; right of imposing asserted by colonies, 55; recommended by George III, 56; Stamp Act passed, 58; repealed, 70; new law proposed and passed, 73; resisted by the col- onies, 74. Taylor, Zachary (vol. ii.), early history of,
531; first military services, 533; the Mexican war, 543-559; elected President, 563; last hours of, 567; administration of, 569; inaugura-
tion as President, 570; settlement of Texas claims and boundaries, 580; admission of California, 580; summary of his career, 591.
duties on, imposed by Parliament, 73; retained in 1769, 82; exports of, to the colonies from England, ib.; importers of, unpopular, 87; Parliament refuse to repeal duty on, 95; export duty on shipments to America removed, 103; arrival of cargoes at Boston, ib.; people of Boston resolve that it shall not be landed, ib.; destruction of, in Boston harbor, 105; not permitted to be sold elsewhere, ib. Thomson, Charles, life of, 481. Ticonderoga, is strengthened by the
French, 38; attacked by Abercrom- bie, 40; expedition against, planned, 153; taken by Allen and Arnold, ib.; invested and taken by General Burgoyne, 222; attacked by the Americans, who are repulsed, 226. Townshend, Charles, supports the Stamp
Act, 57; chancellor of exchequer in the Earl of Chatham's cabinet, 72; proposes a new scheme for taxing the colonies, which is carried in Parliament, 73; death of, 79. Tories, or Royalists, conduct of, 191;
their loyalty checked by the con- duct of British and Hessian troops, 211; a detachment of, under Gov. Tryon, destroy Continental village, Westchester, with barracks and mili- tary stores, 232; operations of (with Indian allies) in the valley of Wyo- ming, 251; also at Cherry Valley, 253; depredations on the southern frontier, ib.; great numbers of, join the British army at the South, 268; increasing number of, in 1780, at the South, 288.
Tory, appellation of, to the colonial royal- ists, 130; origin of the term, ib.; families leave Boston with General Howe, 182.
Treason of Arnold, 298. Treasury Department, the, 690. Treaty, of neutrality with the Indians,
41; of Paris, its conditions, 46; of alliance between France and Amer- ica, 234; between France and Spain, 276; of peace, between United States and Great Britain, signed and rati- fied, 335.
Trenton, battle of, 203, 204; reception of Washington at, 344. Troops, British, land near Quebec, 42;
cross the St. Lawrence-their criti- cal situation, 43; glide down the St. Lawrence-ascend the heights of Abraham, 44; British, arrive in Bos-
ton, 76; additional, sent from Eng- land, 141, 159, 175; German, or Hessians employed, 175; British, evacuate Boston, 182; arrive off Sandy Hook, 191; land on Long Island, 194; enter city of New York, 198. (See Army.) Tryon, governor of North Carolina, his
tyrannical character and practices, 97; leads his troops against the regulators, 98; his cruelty towards prisoners, ib.
Tryon, governor of New York, opera- tions of, 170; his plan to take Washington prisoner, 191; takes refuge in the ship Asia, 212; com- mands an expedition to Connecticut, ib.; burns Danbury, 213; attacked by Americans under Wooster and Arnold, and retreats, ib.; destroys Continental village, 232; his second predatory expedition to Connecticut, 272; burns Fairfield and Norwalk,
273. Tyler, John (vol. ii.), memoir of, 445;
re-elected to Congress, 449; Clay's compromise act, 454; nomination for Vice-President, 460; his admin- istration as President, 463; political parties in the United States, 466; projected national bank, 471; fiscal corporation bill, 474; appointments to offices, 489; trial of McLeod, 489; new tariff law, 490; explosion of the United States steamer Prince- ton, 493; annexation of Texas, 493; review of his administration, 498.
Verplank's Point, Fort La Fayette at, captured by the British, 272; un- successfully attacked by Wayne, 275; evacuated by the British, 277. Vessels of war of the United States, 658. Virginia, opposes the Stamp Act, 58, 67;
sympathizes with Massachusetts, 96; house of burgesses petition the King, ib.; recommend committees of correspondence, adopting resolu- tions of Dabney Carr, 100; effect of the Boston port bill on public mind in, 116; fast day appointed by bur- gesses, ib.; Assembly dissolved by Lord Dunmore, 117; members or- ganize an association, ib.; recom- mend a general Congress, ib.; Pro- vincial Congress convened, 151; recommends a volunteer corps, ib; speech of Patrick Henry, ib.; Brit- ish expedition against, 244.
Walpole, Horace, indifferent on American affairs, 57.
War, declared between France and Eng- land, 27; declared by England against France-Queen Anne's, 28; between England and France-its origin, 29; formally declared be- tween England and France-vigor- ous preparations, 38; end of the "seven years," 46; preparations for, in the colonies, in 1774, 120; commences in earnest, 147; between France and England, 242; between Spain and England, 276; between Holland and England, 310; conclu- sion, and general peace, 334.
United States, name adopted by Con- War Department, the, 691. gress, 188.
Valley Forge, encampment of Americans
at, 220; sufferings of the army at, 237, 238; number encamped at, 251; march of the army from, 245,
Van Buren, Martin (vol. ii.), his early career, 385; his public life, 390; leader of the democratic party of New York, 392; opposition of Clin- ton, 393; elected to the New York convention, 394; his safety-fund system, 396; inaugurated President, 398; derangement of the currency, 402; efforts to rescind the specie circular, 403; the sub-treasury scheme, 404; abolition of imprison- ment for debt, 408; Clay's nomina- tion for President, 410; election of Harrison and Tyler, 413. Vergennes, Count de, prime minister of France, negotiates a treaty of alli- ance with the United States, 235; his talents and character, ib.
Warren, Commodore, joins the expedition against Louisburg, 29.
Warren, Joseph, appointed major-general, 160; killed at battle of Bunker Hill, 162.
Washington, George, appointed a com- missioner-expedition to the French forts his reception-his return to Williamsburgh, 32; made colonel- placed in command of troops-events and results of his expedition, 33; enters the army under Braddock, 35; his bravery and preservation at Braddock's defeat, 36; leaves the service, 37; member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 78; appointed commander-in-chief of the Continen- tal army, 158; appeals to Congress on the state of the army, 172; re- organizes the army, ib.; accepts General Howe's terms of proposal to quit Boston, 181; enters Boston with the Continental army, 182; marches the army to New York- his army defeated on Long Island-
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retreats to New York, 195; retires to the heights near White Plains, 200; his defeat, ib.; crosses the Hudson, and retreats through New Jersey before the British army, ib.; crosses the Delaware to Pennsyl- vania, 201; appointed military dic- tator by Congress, 203; crosses the Delaware, and captures a body of Hessians at Trenton, ib., 204; suc- cessful stratagem of, and battle of Princeton, 210; retreats to Morris- town, where he establishes his head- quarters, 211; breaks up his en- campment at Morristown, and marches to Middlebrook, near the British head-quarters, at New Brunswick-confers with Congress, 217; meets La Fayette, who be- comes a member of his military family, ib.; marches to the Brandy- wine is defeated, and retreats to Philadelphia, 218; attacks the Brit- ish camp at Germantown, and is de- feated, after a severe action, 219, 220; is attacked at Whitemarsh by General Howe (who, after a few skirmishes, falls back upon Philadel- phia), 220; sends La Fayette with a detachment to watch the move- ments of the enemy, 246; engages them at Monmouth Court-House, 247; crosses the Hudson to White Plains-sends troops against the Indians on the Susquehanna, 252; confers with Congress on plans for the campaign of 1779, 265; sends General Wayne to attack Stony Point, 274; orders Major Lee to at- tempt the capture of the British fort at Paulus' Hook, 276; goes into winter quarters at Morristown, 282; sends a reinforcement to Gen. Lin- coln at the South, ib.; demands and obtains a supply of provisions for his army from the people of New Jersey, 283; sends a large force to the Carolinas, 292; appoints Gen. Greene to supersede Gen. Gates in ' command of the southern army, 295; expresses to Congress great confidence in Gen. Greene, ib.; re- ceives commissions of lieut.-general and vice-admiral from Louis XVI., 296; sends a detachment from Mor- ristown, under Gen. Greene, to meet the British army in New Jersey, 297; meditates an attack upon New York, ib.; meets Rochambeau (French general), at Hartford, Conn., 298; André's design for capturing him and his staff, 303; discovery of the treason of Arnold, 307; conduct of Washington on that occasion, ib.;
appeals to Congress for more troops and longer enlistments, 309; failure of his attempt to capture Arnold in Virginia, 314; holds a conference with the French officers in Connec- ticut, and forms a junction of the American and French armies on the Hudson, 323; prepares to attack New York, ib.; advances to a posi- tion near the city, but changes his plan, and the combined armies march for Virginia, 324; precedes the army with De Rochambeau, and arrives at La Fayette's head-quarters at Williamsburg, ib.; receives the surrender of Cornwallis and the British army at Yorktown, 326; endeavors, in vain, to induce Count de Grasse to aid in the reduction of Charleston, 327; adopts vigilant measures for the campaign of 1782 -establishes his head-quarters at Newburg, N. Y., 332; his humane conduct in the case of Capt. Asgill, ib.; discontent of the army after the conclusion of peace, and a monarchy proposed to Washington, 336; his reply and rebuke, ib.; his prudence and influence induce the soldiers to disband quietly, 337; his farewell address to the army, 338; resigns to Congress his commission as com- mander-in-chief, 339; elected delegate to the convention to form a constitution for the United States, and chosen president of that body, 343; elected President of the United States, 344; his progress to New York, ib.; his inauguration, 347.
(vol. ii.), birth of, 10- 11; early characteristics, 11; early military life, 12; he joins General Braddock's expedition, 13; his mar- riage, 14; his retirement at Mount Vernon, 15; becomes a member of the Virginia Legislature, 16; ap- pointed delegate to the Continental Congress, 21; elected commander- in-chief, 21; events of the war, 23- 36; brilliant exploits in the middle States, 37; capitulation of Burgoyne, 46; unites with La Fayette, 50; events of 1782-3, 57; he retires from the army, 59; his appointment to the Presidency, 62; his inaugu- ration, 66; first Congress at New York, 68; war with the British, 72; political relations with France, 77; rise of the two political parties, 78; adjustment of disputes with foreign powers, 79; his farewell address, $1. Washington, Col. W., commands a body of cavalry under Gen. Morgan, 315;
defeats and pursues Col. Tarleton at
the battle of the Cowpens, ib.; is presented with a medal by Congress,
Washington Navy-yard, 654. Wayne, General, his gallantry at the
battle of Brandywine, 218; is sur- prised and defeated at Paoli, 219; commands a division of the army on marching from Valley Forge, 246; leads the attack at the battle of Monmouth, 247; storms and cap- tures Stony Point fort, 274; receives the thanks of Congress and a medal, 275; letter to him from Dr. Rush, ib.; joins La Fayette in Virginia, 322; his skilful attack on the Brit- ish, and retreat, 323; is sent by Gen. Greene into Georgia, and defeats the British in several actions, 332. West Point, fortress at, strength and im-
portance of, 300; General Arnold appointed to the command of, ib.; negotiations of Arnold with Sir Heury Clinton to surrender to the British, ib.; failure of the scheme, 804.
West Point Military Academy, 636.
Whig, party name of, applied to patriots, 130; origin of the name, ib. Wilkes, John, takes part in favor of the colonies, 147.
Wolfe, General, at the siege of Louis-
burg, 40; his campaign on the St. Lawrence, 42; takes possession of Point Levi-erects batteries-be- sieges Quebee, and resolves on an assault-his desponding letter to Pitt, 43; effect of his letter-deter- mines to scale the heights of Abra- ham, 44; his death at Quebec, 45. Wooster, General, commands the Ameri- can troops in Fairfield county, Conn., 213; is killed at the battle of Ridge- field, ib.
Wyoming Valley, massacre of the people of, by torfes and Indians, 251.
Yorktown, Cornwallis and the British army encamp at, and fortify, 323; invested by the combined American and French armies, 325; surrender of Cornwallis, 326; Congress re- solves to erect a marble column at, ib.
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