Paul Revere's Ride (93 page)

choice of landing place,
115
–16

Smith: holds troops in Cambridge

marshes,
123
,
263

detaches Pitcairn at Menotomy,
127

Pitcairn: puts Adair in van,
127

orders troops to load before entering Lexington,
187

loses control of column,
187
–88

Adair: decides to turn right at Lexington,
189
–190

circumstances of first shot,
196
–94

Pitcairn loses control of men at Lexington,
196
–98

Smith: recovers control at Lexington
199

decides to continue march,
199

Laurie, decisions at North Bridge,
211
–12

Smith, delay in reinforcing Laurie,
263

Gage: obsession with secrecy delays march of Percy,
233
–35

Percy decides to march without ammunition wagons,
242
–43

choice of tactics in retreat,
245
,
413

choice of Kent Lane route,
259
,
414

Gage, loses battle for public opinion,
276
–79

inevitability, as an act of choice,
65
–77

AMERICAN
: Mass. Provincial Congress, decides to establish alarm and muster system,
51
,
152

Revere, Paul, “spirit”

and “means”

of resistance
48

organizes intelligence gathering,
51

organizes alarm system,
87
–89,
99
,
148

advance plans for lantern signals
89
,
99

advance plans for escape from Boston by boat,
103
–5

Warren, Joseph, decides to trigger alarm system,
94
–96

Revere, Paul, designs and executes failsafe alarm procedures,
88
,
98
–99,
128
–29

Adams, Samuel, and policy of “putting

enemy in the wrong.”
79

Revere helps concert this policy,
210

Parker executes policy at Lexington,
188
–89,
210
,
400
–401

Barrett executes policy at Concord,
210

White, Ammi, murder of wounded Regular changes tone of engagement,
215
–18,
406
–7

Heath: and choice of American tactics,
247
–50

command and control,
250
–55

Committee of Safety, wins contest for

public opinion,
269
–76

Revere assists in this process,
267
–69

OTHER CONTINGENCIES
: moon,
312

tides,
313

Cook, Samuel,
320

Coolidge, Calvin,
337

Coolidge, Joseph,
169
,
321

Cooper, Benjamin,
257

Cooper, Rachel,
257

Cooper, Samuel,
144
,
168
,
303
,
376

Cooper, William,
303
,
376

Cooper Tavern,
108
,
169
,
257

Copley, John Singleton,
2
–4,
14
,
35
,
37
,
95
,
176
,
177
,
178
,
293

Cornwall,
76

Cotins, Lt. Henry,
310

Counter-intelligence, British,
89
,
104
,
273

Covenant, idea of,
12
,
28
,
153

Cox, Joseph,
286

Cox, Lt. Thomas,
322

Crafts, Thomas,
303
,
382

Craig, Capt. Thomas Henry,
323

Crandall, Ralph,
424

Crane, John,
303

Craven, Catherine,
424

Cressy, Lee,
424

Cressy, Mary,
424

Cromwell, Oliver,
162
,
163

Cromwell’s Head Tavern, Boston,
20
,
302
,
377
,
382

Crosbie, Capt. William,
323

Crossley, Jack,
343

Crown Point,
19
,
152

“Cuckolds Come Dig.”
71

Cudworth, Capt. Nathaniel,
222
,
409

Culloden, battle of,
34

Cumine, Lt. George,
324

Cumming, Thomas,
398

Curtis, Judith M.,
423

Cutler, Timothy,
12

Cutter, Ammi,
412

Cutts, Samuel,
54
,
381

Dabney, Virginius,
343

Daland, Benjamin,
63

Dallin, Cyrus,
334
,
338

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery,
336

Danforth, Susan,
423

Dann, John,
423

Danvers, Mass.,
63
,
64
,
140
,
163
,
172
,
256
,
266
,
320

Dartmouth, Earl of,
76
–78,
80
,
86
,
264

Daughters of the American Revolution,
334

Davis, Caleb,
303

Davis, Edward,
303

Davis, Hannah,
165
,
166

Davis, Capt. Isaac,
145
,
155
,
165
,
166
,
209
,
212
,
320
,
406

Davis, Maj. Robert,
303

Davis, William,
303

Davison, Capt. William,
323

Dawes, Charles,
337

Dawes, Thomas,
303
,
376

Dawes, William,
97
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
151
,
180
,
287
,
332
,
336
,
337
,
386
,
392
,
395

midnight ride,
97
–98;
110
–12;
141
–43,
393

historians,
394

illus.,
98

Dawson, Lt. George,
310

De Berniere, Ens. Henry,
81
,
83
,
84
,
208
,
222
,
231
,
262
,
263
,
290
,
294

De Lancey, Capt. Oliver,
75
,
80
,
308

De Witt, William,
340

Debunkers,
336

H. L. Mencken,
338

Helen More,
338

American Mercury,
338

Boston Globe,
337

errors of,
337

debunk Paul Revere’s horse,
337
,
389

compared with iconoclasts,
340

Dedham, Mass.,
147
,
156
,
158
,
311
,
320

Deland, Benjamin,
320

Democracy,
39

Dennie, William,
301
,
303

Depositions, American on battle,
275

Derby, Capt. John,
275

Deshon, Moses,
303

Despard, Lt. Andrew,
324

Deutsch, Sanna,
423

Devens, Richard,
90
,
105
,
106
,
130
,
141
,
330
,
389

Devon,
76

Dexter, Samuel,
303
,
376

Diamond, William,
181
,
188
,
319
,
398

Disease: camp fever,
269
,
286
,
287

canker rash,
166

malignant spotted fever,
66

throat distemper,
66

tuberculosis,
149

yellow fever,
376

Disorders, Britain and Ireland,
77

Ditson, Thomas,
70
,
73
,
220

Dodge, William,
391

Dodge, William III,
320

Doescher, Russell L.,
312
,
313

Dolbear, Edward,
303

Donahue, Brian,
424

Donkin, Capt. Robert,
323

Doolittle, Amos,
418

Dorchester Heights,
282

Dorr, Ebenezer,
388

Douglass, Joseph,
298

Dover, Mass.,
121

Dover, N.H.,
311

Dover Farms,
147

Downer, Eliphalet,
256

Doyle, Capt. Peter,
303

Dracut, Mass.,
139

Drummers,
69
,
181
,
199
,
298
,
399
,
403

Drummey, Peter,
424

Dumfries, Va.,
325

Dunkerly, Joseph,
18

Dunmore, Gov. Lord (Va.),
277

Dunster, Henry,
396

Durham, N.H.,
55

Dyer, Samuel,
41
,
42
,
377
,
380

Dyert, John,
375

Eames, Capt. Jesse,
222

Earl, Ralph,
196
,
213
,
328
,
418

East Anglia,
77
,
98
,
99
,
106
,
399

East Cambridge, Mass.,
124

East Guilford, Conn.,
325

East Sudbury, Mass.,
83
,
159
,
160

see also
Sudbury

Wayland

Eastman, Jane,
423

Eaton, Capt. Joseph,
303

Eaton, Noah,
230

Eayres, Joseph,
301
,
303

Eayres, Thomas Stephens,
297

Eckley,
304

Edenton, N.C.,
325

Edes, Benjamin,
20
,
24
,
304
,
382

Edes, John,
20

Edes, Peter,
273

Edgell, Capt. Simon,
170
,
222

Edinburgh, University of,
298

Edison, Thomas,
xvi
,
333
,
407

Edwards, Sally,
297

Eight Bell Church,
see
Old North Church

Elizabeth, N.J.,
325

Elizabeth I,
32

Elm Brook,
407

Ely, Carol,
424

Emerson, Frank,
168
,
406

Emerson, Phebe Bliss,
168
,
169

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
289
,
332

Emerson, Rev. William,
168
,
203
–5,
213
,
218
,
273
,
286
,
289
,
394
,
404

Emmes, Samuel,
304

England, Lt. Pook,
323

England, Capt. Richard,
323

English Bill of Rights,
21

English opposition ideology, xix Estabrook, Prince,
286
,
320

Etheridge, William,
304

Eton,
80

Evelyn, Lt. William,
126
,
262

Everett, Israel,
320

Everett, Mass.,
331

Exeter, N.H.,
27

Fadree, Isannah,
300

Fairbanks, Joseph,
423

Fairfield, Conn.,
325

Fallick, Bernice H.,
423

Falmouth, Me.,
284

Fanueil Hall,
41

Farmer, Nathaniel,
320

Farny, Michael,
424

Farrington, Capt. Anthony,
308

Fast days,
42
,
70

Faulkner, Maj. Francis,
145
,
250

Federalist party,
288
,
293

Felt, Joseph,
320

Fenno, Samuel,
304

Fenwick, Capt. Lt. Robert,
308

Ferrell, Capt. Ambrose,
304

Fessenden, Thomas,
196

Field, Capt. Joseph,
304

Fifers,
156
,
211
,
230

Filiopietists,
xvi
,
389

Films: of midnight ride, Lexington, Concord,
333
,
336
,
407
,
419
,
420

Finney, Lt. William,
324

Firearms, range of,
407

see also
Musketry

British army, arms and equipment

Militia, arms and equipment

Firle Place, Sussex,
32
,
378

Fischer, Anne Whitmore,
424

Fischer, John Anderson,
424

Fischer, John Henry,
424

Fischer, Judith,
424

Fischer, Kate,
424

Fischer, Miles Pennington,
424

Fischer, Norma,
424

Fischer, Susanna,
424

Fischer, William Pennington,
424

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield,
339

Fisher, Keri,
424

Fiske Farm,
230

Fiske Hill, fight at,
221
,
229
,
231
,
410

Fitch Tavern,
227

Fitzgerald, Capt. Edward,
323

Flagg, Bartholemew,
375

Flagg, Josiah,
304
,
375

Flags,
162