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LJA01
LJA02
386

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supplies for20

AFC04
379
PJA09
PJA10
PJA13

strength of15

PJA06
PJA11

medical care and hospital department14

AFC01
208
AFC02
1
24
64
67
AFC02

need for clothing and supplies14

attempts to increase enlistments12

manning of11

PJA06
115

discipline10

formation and strength of10

finances of9

PJA09
PJA10

military supplies for9

mutiny of Penn. Line in9

operations of9

mentioned8

PJA07
PJA08
PJA10

comments on and criticism of7

Mass. troops for7

PJA09
PJA10

operations with French forces7

plan for a large and permanent7

smallpox epidemic rages among soldiers7

supplies7

appointment and promotion of officers6

clothing6

PJA05
PJA06

evacuation of Ticonderoga6

JA: “Discipline, Discipline is the great Thing wanted”6

reform of6

PJA05
PJA06

R.I. campaign6

WSS's service in6

AFC07

and Board of War and Ordnance5

DJA02
262
DJA03

chaplains5

PJA05

deploys around Howe's forces on Staten Island5

AFC02

desertion from5

discontent in5

PJA10

in South5

need for clothing and bedding5

PJA12

at Battle of Yorktown4

PJA12

deployment of troops from Yorktown4

PJA12

Gates elected to command northern army4

in Cambridge4

in New Jersey campaign4

in Philadelphia campaign4

Penn. Line mutiny4

AFC04

quartermaster4

PJA05

recruitment4

AFC03
AFC03
AFC04
64

returns for, lacking4

PJA05

settlement certificates of (Pierce's notes)4

AFC06

state troop quotas for4

PJA11

winter quarters4

PJA05
PJA06
115

and surrender of Charleston, S.C.3

assaults and fortifies Dorchester Heights3

AFC01

Broglie's scheme to assume command of3

DJA02
DJA03
172
DJA04

controversy over Heath-Thomas ranking3

AFC01

defensive and lethargic3

PJA05

foreign officers in3

PJA10
228
PJA12
6
194

in N.Y.3

DJA02
231
DJA03

JA's plan for a military establishment3

AFC02
102 (illus. following)
x

judge advocate general3

PJA05

Mass. troops in3

PJA08

New York campaign3

AFC02

Northern Department3

PJA05

officers' lack of political influence3

PJA10

payment of troops3

PJA13

redispatch of abandoned clothing attempted3

AFC04

relationship to Congress3

PJA09
PJA10
418

reorganization of quartermaster's department3

PJA10

retreat from N.Y.3

smallpox inoculation in3

AFC02

Southern campaign3

AFC04
51
69
73

state battalions and regiments3

DJA02
DJA03
436

takes possession of Boston after the British evacuation3

AFC01

AA compares to hungry lion2

AFC05

AA on large bounty offered to recruits2

AFC02

adjutant general2

PJA05

and battle of Brandywine2

AFC02

and battle of Freeman's Farm or Stillwater2

AFC02

and revision of Articles of War2

DJA03

and Temple's claim for damages to Ten Hills Farm2

AFC02

artillery2

PJA05
See also: Knox, Henry

battle of Monmouth, N.J.2

AFC03

British efforts to induce desertions2

PJA11

clothier general2

PJA05

compensation of officers and men in2

PJA11
8
66

desertions2

PJA05

inactivity2

AFC04

inspector general2

PJA05

Israel Evans as chaplain in2

AFC07
49
50

memorial signed by officers of2

PJA11

mutiny of N.J. Line2

PJA11

Nathan Rice on northern army2

AFC02

officers' refusal to associate with loyalists2

PJA09

opposition to commutation of pay for2

AFC05

organization of, debated in Congress2

DJA02
DJA03

paymaster2

PJA05

pensions provided for2

AFC03

plan of military academy2

DJA03

reinforcements for2

PJA10

relations between French troops and2

PJA10

report of Congress on treatment of prisoners of war2

resolution on discipline in2

DJA03

size of2

PJA12

stability increased2

AFC04

“the Carolina bubble”2

AFC03

abundant supplies for1

PJA12
298

affair at Lechmere Point, Cambridge1

AFC01

amphibious operation in Penobscot Bay1

AFC03

and Battle of Long Island1

DJA03

and Canadian campaign1

AFC02

and foundries for casting cannon1

AFC02

and Franco-Amer. alliance1

DJA02
235

and Frederick the Great's motto on discipline1

AFC02

and Matthews conspiracy1

PJA07

appointment of commander in chief1

DJA03

appointment of eight brigadier generals1

AFC01

Arnold-Forster cartel and its repercussions1

AFC02

Artemas Ward commands eastern department1

AFC02
105

at Haddrell’s Point, S.C.1

PJA12
176

attempt on Montresors Island1

DJA03

auditors for field accounts1

PJA05
405

campaign at Charleston, S.C.1

AFC02
52

cavalry1

PJA13
56

certificates issued to troops of1

AFC07
425

competition with French for supplies1

PJA11
113

consumption of Amer. beef by1

PJA13
152

controversy over location of magazines1

DJA02
260

Cotton Tufts' views on appointing officers1

AFC02
346

defense of New York1

AFC01

deployed to Virginia from New York1

PJA12
44

destroys British foraging party at Sag Harbor1

AFC02

difficulty in raising1

AFC04

dishonest contractors for1

PJA05
196

effect of unstable currency on recruitment1

AFC03
201

efforts by women to clothe1

AFC03

employment of Stockbridge Indians in1

DJA03
403

failure of Canadian expedition1

DJA03

false optimism from reports of summer campaign in South1

AFC04
69

financial improprieties in clothier general’s office1

PJA11
54

formation of as national act1

PJA12
211

French officers in1

AFC02

Gates appointed commander of northern army1

AFC02
63

Gillon defaults on transport of clothing for1

AFC04
236

handicaps of1

PJA05

harmony between French forces and1

PJA11
388

harmony with French Army1

PJA13
490

headquarters of1

PJA12
413

Hessian troops routed in N.J.1

AFC03

improved conditions in1

PJA06
187

improved discipline and appearance of1

PJA13
490

infiltration by British agents in South1

AFC03
166

in Middle states1

AFC04
83

in N.J.1

AFC03
380

in Virginia1

AFC04

JA on1

PJA11
65

JA on appointment of field officers1

AFC02
5-6

JA on confusion within departments of1

AFC02
139

JA on impact in Europe of victories by1

PJA08
152

JA on loyally of1

PJA10
359

JA on promotion of subordinate officers1

AFC02
74

JA suggests annual election of general officers1

AFC02

John Brown Cutting as apothecary for1

AFC07
122

John Skey Eustace's sercive in1

AFC07
333

Joseph Warren's service in1

AFC07
ix

lack of sea transport facilities1

AFC04
180

list of losses at Danbury, Conn.1

AFC02
233

marine battalions included in1

DJA03
346

medical personnel and care1

DJA03
436

movements and countermovements in N.J.1

AFC02

“must be disciplined and learn to fight”1

AFC02
38

new Articles of War1

AFC02

N.H. Line1

PJA11
127

North Carolina loyalists join1

PJA12
176

oaths for, recommended by JA1

PJA05
213

officers “Scrambling for Rank and Pay like Apes for Nutts”1

AFC02

officers' undue admiration for British army1

PJA10

“our Generals were out generalled on Long Island”1

AFC02
140

permanent status attained1

AFC04
91

quartermaster general of1

PJA11
146

quartermaster's department1

DJA03
437

rations1

PJA05
50

recruitment and payment1

AFC04

reorganization of1

PJA11
35

reputation abroad enhanced by defeat of Cornwallis1

AFC04

requisitions from states to support1

PJA13
204

resignation of Rush as Physician General1

AFC03
75

riflemen sent to join army before Boston1

AFC01
215

rumors of Washington's dictatorial powers1

AFC02
200

Rush-Shippen dispute over hospital department1

AFC02

seen as eventual support for government1

PJA05

short of supplies1

AFC02

soldiers seek compensation for losses1

PJA05
157

soldiers used as servants and personal guards1

PJA05
317

state quotas for1

PJA05
39

state quotas for troops1

PJA12
164

St. Clair reinforces Greene1

PJA12
164

successes in Georgia1

AFC03
166

successes of1

PJA12
221

surplus European officers and1

PJA13
199

takes and fortifies Ploughed Hill on Mystic River1

AFC01
275

“the Conway Cabal”1

DJA03
371

troops at Battles of Johnstown and Jerseyfield, N.Y.1

PJA12
74

Tudor, judge advocate of1

DJA01
339

Warren, paymaster general of1

DJA03
379

Wayne’s success at Stony Point1

AFC03
215

William Brackett's service in1

AFC07
234

William Hull's service in1

AFC07
343

winter hardships1

AFC04
104

withdrawn from Mass. and replaced by militia troops1

DJA03
407

wretched state of troops at Crown Point1

AFC02
38

WSS, officer in1

DJA03
183

Wyoming massacre1

AFC03
63

Zedtwitz court-martialed for giving intelligence to enemy1

AFC02
See also: Prisoners of war
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