Army, French, Encampment at Providence in 1782,055;Encampment at Newport in 1780--Re-enforced--Extent of its Force,087;Becomes a Burden to the Americans--Departs for the Hudson in 1781,088;Marches to Virginia,213;Encampment at Williamsburg after Siege of Yorktown--Joins Continental Army, on the Hudson, in 1782--Proceeds to Boston and Embarks for West Indies,529.
Arnold, Benedict, Birth-place of,036;Biographical Sketch of,142;His early Years--Fights a Duel--Ringleader in Mischief--His Mother--Scorching Acrostic on,037;Expedition up the Thames, under British, in 1781,042;Lands near New London,043;His Infancy,044;His Dispatches to Sir Henry Clinton,045;Landing-place of, near New London,043,059;Weakens great Chain across Hudson River,138;Appointed by Washington military Governor of Philadelphia--Seeks a Command in the Navy--His Extravagance,141;Marries Miss Shippen--Residence and Style of Living--Fraudulent Dealings--Charged with Malfeasance,142;Ordered to be tried by Court-martial--Asks Congress for Men to guard his House--Verdict and Punishment--Its Effects,143;Interview with Luzerne--Visits American Camp--Deceives Washington--Obtains command at West Point,145;Correspondence with André--Proposes Interview with him,147;Attempts to hold it--Letter to Washington--Confers with Smith,148;Correspondence with Robinson,149;First Interview with André, at Long Clove Mountain--Furnishes Smith with Passes,151;Arrival at Smith's House,152;Supplies André with important Papers,153,156;His Pass to André,155;Composure in Presence of his Aids,157;Flight to the Enemy--Effect of his Departure on his Wife,158;Passage to the Vulture--Treatment of his Oarsmen--Discovery of his Treason,159;Letters from the Vulture imploring Protection of Washington to his Wife and Child,169;Curious Coincidence connected with his Death,186;Ogden's Proposition to receive him in Exchange for André,201;Champe's Attempt to abduct him,297;His Quarters in Broadway, New York,299;Arnold's Compensation for his Treason--Statesman in House of Commons refuses to speak in his Presence,299;Proceeds from New York on Expedition to Virginia in 1781--Lands at Westover,433;Marches to Richmond,434;Destroys much Property,435,436;Withdraws to Westover--Re-embarks--Commits other Depredations--Pursued by Americans--Establishes Head-quarters at Portsmouth,436;Attempts to capture him while in Virginia,436,545;Fortifies Portsmouth--Joined by General Phillips--Proceeds with Troops to Osborne's--His Victory there,545;Rejoins Phillips--Burns Barracks and Flour at Chesterfield Court House--Marches toward Richmond--Destroys Tobacco and other Property at Manchester--Proceeds to Warwick--Destruction of Property--Burns the Town--Returns to Petersburg,546,Takes chief command of Army on Death of Phillips--Joined by Cornwallis--Sends Simeon to the Fords on the Nottaway and Meherrin Rivers,054.
Arnold, Hannah, Letter to her Son Benedict,037.
Arnold, Hannah. Sister of the Traitor,169.
Arnold, General James Robertson, Son of Benedict Arnold, Biographical Sketch of,158.
Arnold, Margaret, Marriage of,142;On intimate terms with André,144;Parting with her Husband at West Point,158;Her Distress--Opinions concerning her,169.
Arnold, Oliver, Quotation from,037,038.
Arnold's Path, Notice of,159.
Arundel, Captain, in Battle on Gwynn's Island in 1776,538.
Argill, Captain, Case of,366.
Ashe, General John, Notice of,568;Treatment of by the Regulators in 1771,576;Biographical Sketch of,714.
Ashe, Mrs., and Tarlton,642.
Assembly, Colonial, of Virginia, convened at Jamestown in 1699,457;Sessions of,482;Excitement in--Dissolution,483;Meeting of, in Apollo Room of Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, in 1769; Convention formed-- Recommend to the People Articles of Association against Use of British Goods,484,Concur with Massachusetts Assembly in 1773--Dissolved by Dunmore in 1773,485; Recommends Continental Congress in 1774--Resolves to import no more Slaves, British Goods, nor Tea--To export no more Tobacco to England--Recommend Improvement of Breed of Sheep,486;Convened at Richmond in 1775,592;Dissolves forever,505;Of Maryland, convened at St. Mary's in 1635--Upper House of, dissolved in 1658,398;Votes Statue of the King and Portrait of Lord Camden in 1766,490;Of South Carolina, first, convened at Charleston in 1674,745;Of Pennsylvania, convenes at Philadelphia in 1683,255;Penn's parting Message to, in 1708,257;Appoints Delegates to Continental Congress in 1774,261.
Assembly, Legislative, first, of North Carolina, convenes at Edenton in 1731,563.
Assembly, Provincial, of South Carolina, convened at Charleston in 1776,752;Of New York, in May, 1775--Suggests fortifying the Hudson River and Highlands in 1775--Appoints a Committee for the purpose in 1776,135;Proceedings of, at White Plains in 1776.
Association, American, Articles of, agreed upon in Congress in 1774,268;Eulogized by Abbé Raynal,288;Notice of,725,719.793.
Augusta, Georgia, Notice of,709;Local History of,710;In Possession of British in 1779,711;Siege of, in 1780,715;Proposed Monument at,719.
Austin, Colonel, burns Church at White Plains,823.
Austin, Samuel, Notice of,013.
Autographs, of Unkos--Owaneko--Attawauhood,029;Roger Williams,055;Stephen Hopkins,057;Governor Wanton--Daniel Horsmanden--Frederic Smyth--Peter Oliver--Robert Auchmuty,062;Munashum--Wonckompawhan-- Captain Annawan,91; Daniel Gookin--John Eliot,092;Lewis Nicola,104;Sally Jansen--Gitty Winkoop--Maria Colden,115;Caleb Gibbs--Henry P. Livingston--William Colfax--Benjamin Grymes,120;Thaddeus Kociuszko,133;B. Romans,135;La Radiere,136;Duportail,136;"Gustavus" (Arnold) "John Anderson" (André),146;Elisha Sheldon,147;Villefranche,153;S. Bauman,154;Benedict Arnold,155;Joshua H. Smith,156;David S. Franks--Richard Variek,157.John Vaughan--J. S. Wallace,168;Philip Van Cortland,170;Samuel H. Parsons,174;Anthony Wayne,179;Twenty-three Hessian Officers captured at Trenton,230;John Fitzgerald,239;John Morgan,240;James Craik,241;William Penn,256;Joseph Galloway,270;Fifty-six Signers of the Declaration of Independence,286,287;James M. Varnum,292;Du Ponceau,398;John Armstrong,315;James Agnew,319;Enoch Poor--Baron de Woedtke,329;Thomas Conway,337;General North,342;Adam Ferguson,349;H. Clinton-- Carlisle--William Eden,350;William Alexander (Earl of Stirling)-- George Washington,352,676;Charles Scott,353;E. Oswald,357;James Wesson--William Maxwell,358;William Woodlord,363; Thomas Proctor375;Moses Hazen--Theodoric Bland,380;Du Coudray,385;Charles Wilson Peale,409;G. W. Fairfax--George Mason,421;John Tyler--Martha Jefferson,442;Thomas Jefferson--Francis Eppes,443;Sir William Berkely,459;Charles Armand (Marquis de la Rouarie),466;General E. Braddock,477;Lord Loudoun,479;General J. Forbes,480;John Murray (Earl ol Dunmore),485;Colonel George U. Clarke,493;Simon Kenton,494;Major Alexander Scammel,515;General Ebenezer Stevens,516;Viscount De Noailles,522;Lord Cornwallis--Thomas Symonds,523;General Edward Stevens,535;General Andrew Lewis,537;General William Phillips,546;H Gerlach--Archibald Edmonstone--Frederic Cleve,551;John Locke,560;William Tryon--John Hawks,567;Maurice Moore,572;Edmund Fanning,573;Yorke,574;Colonel Joseph Leech--Christopher Neale,575;James Hasell--John Harvey,579;Thomas Rispess--Lewis Henry De Rosset,581;Cornelius Harnett,582;Colonel James Moore,584;Governor Richard Caswell,586;General Alexander Lilling ton,587;Governor Josiah Martin,588;Thomas Person,589;General Rutherford,597;General William Davidson,600;Captain Mark Armstrong,603;Colonel Edward Carrington,604;Twenty-three Members of Mecklenburg Committee,619;Horatio Gates--Isaac Huger--Allen Jones--John Butler,604;Joseph Winston,633;Captain A. Depeyster--Colonel Benjamin Cleaveland--Colonel Isaac Shelby--Colonel William Campbell,631;Colonel Abraham Buford,664;William Clajon,668;Governor Abner Nash, Colonel Edward Bunenmbe,675;General Jethro Sumner,697;Colonel Malmedy,700;Captain John Rudolph,700;Colonel B. Few,711;General John Ashe,714;Captain Samuel Finley,718;Governor J. Houstoun,709;General Alured Clarke,740;Governor Christopher Gadsden,748;Governor Thomas Burke,777;Major James H. Craig,780;Governor Jacob Leisler,785;Reverend Cadwallader Golden,787;Captain Isaac Sears,797;General John M. Scott,805;General Nathaniel Woodhull,811;General William Howe,814;Colonel John Glover,815;General William Heath,800;Sir William Erskine--Ritzema,800;Knyphausen,805;Colonel Lambert Cadwalader,806;Sir Guy Carlton,838.
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.