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medical care and hospital department14
need for clothing and supplies14
attempts to increase enlistments12
formation and strength of10
comments on and criticism of7
operations with French forces7
plan for a large and permanent7
smallpox epidemic rages among soldiers7
appointment and promotion of officers6
evacuation of Ticonderoga6
JA: “Discipline, Discipline is the great Thing wanted”6
and Board of War and Ordnance5
deploys around Howe's forces on Staten Island5
need for clothing and bedding5
deployment of troops from Yorktown4
Gates elected to command northern army4
in Philadelphia campaign4
settlement certificates of (Pierce's notes)4
and surrender of Charleston, S.C.3
assaults and fortifies Dorchester Heights3
Broglie's scheme to assume command of3
controversy over Heath-Thomas ranking3
JA's plan for a military establishment3
officers' lack of political influence3
redispatch of abandoned clothing attempted3
relationship to Congress3
reorganization of quartermaster's department3
state battalions and regiments3
takes possession of Boston after the British evacuation3
AA compares to hungry lion2
AA on large bounty offered to recruits2
and battle of Brandywine2
and battle of Freeman's Farm or Stillwater2
and revision of Articles of War2
and Temple's claim for damages to Ten Hills Farm2
battle of Monmouth, N.J.2
British efforts to induce desertions2
compensation of officers and men in2
Israel Evans as chaplain in2
memorial signed by officers of2
Nathan Rice on northern army2
officers' refusal to associate with loyalists2
opposition to commutation of pay for2
organization of, debated in Congress2
plan of military academy2
relations between French troops and2
report of Congress on treatment of prisoners of war2
resolution on discipline in2
affair at Lechmere Point, Cambridge1
amphibious operation in Penobscot Bay1
and Battle of Long Island1
and foundries for casting cannon1
and Franco-Amer. alliance1
and Frederick the Great's motto on discipline1
appointment of commander in chief1
appointment of eight brigadier generals1
Arnold-Forster cartel and its repercussions1
Artemas Ward commands eastern department1
at Haddrell’s Point, S.C.1
attempt on Montresors Island1
auditors for field accounts1
campaign at Charleston, S.C.1
certificates issued to troops of1
competition with French for supplies1
consumption of Amer. beef by1
controversy over location of magazines1
Cotton Tufts' views on appointing officers1
deployed to Virginia from New York1
destroys British foraging party at Sag Harbor1
dishonest contractors for1
effect of unstable currency on recruitment1
efforts by women to clothe1
employment of Stockbridge Indians in1
failure of Canadian expedition1
false optimism from reports of summer campaign in South1
financial improprieties in clothier general’s office1
formation of as national act1
Gates appointed commander of northern army1
Gillon defaults on transport of clothing for1
harmony between French forces and1
harmony with French Army1
Hessian troops routed in N.J.1
improved discipline and appearance of1
infiltration by British agents in South1
JA on appointment of field officers1
JA on confusion within departments of1
JA on impact in Europe of victories by1
JA on promotion of subordinate officers1
JA suggests annual election of general officers1
John Brown Cutting as apothecary for1
John Skey Eustace's sercive in1
Joseph Warren's service in1
lack of sea transport facilities1
list of losses at Danbury, Conn.1
marine battalions included in1
medical personnel and care1
movements and countermovements in N.J.1
“must be disciplined and learn to fight”1
North Carolina loyalists join1
oaths for, recommended by JA1
officers “Scrambling for Rank and Pay like Apes for Nutts”1
officers' undue admiration for British army1
“our Generals were out generalled on Long Island”1
permanent status attained1
quartermaster general of1
quartermaster's department1
reputation abroad enhanced by defeat of Cornwallis1
requisitions from states to support1
resignation of Rush as Physician General1
riflemen sent to join army before Boston1
rumors of Washington's dictatorial powers1
Rush-Shippen dispute over hospital department1
seen as eventual support for government1
soldiers seek compensation for losses1
soldiers used as servants and personal guards1
St. Clair reinforces Greene1
surplus European officers and1
takes and fortifies Ploughed Hill on Mystic River1
troops at Battles of Johnstown and Jerseyfield, N.Y.1
Tudor, judge advocate of1
Warren, paymaster general of1
Wayne’s success at Stony Point1
William Brackett's service in1
William Hull's service in1
withdrawn from Mass. and replaced by militia troops1
wretched state of troops at Crown Point1
Zedtwitz court-martialed for giving intelligence to enemy1
See also: names of particular battles, campaigns, and officers