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CONTENTS
OF VOLUME II.
CHAPTER I.
Washington takes Command of the Armies
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Lee Characters of the British Commanders, Howe, Clinton,
and Burgoyne Survey of the Camps from Prospect Hill - The
Description of the Revolutionary Army
Rhode Island Troops Character of General Greene
Camps contrasted
Washing-
ton represents the Deficiencies of the Army His Apology for
the Massachusetts Troops - Governor Trumbull
Washington's Head-Quarters.
Cragie House,
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CHAPTER II.
Questions of Military Rank
ments at Head-Quarters
Popularity of Putnam Arrange-
Colonel Mifflin and John Trumbull,
Aides-de-Camp Joseph Reed, Washington's Secretary and con-
fidential friend Gates as Adjutant-General Hazardous Situa-
tion of the Army- Strengthening of the Defences Efficiency of
Putnam Rapid Changes New Distribution of the Forces
Rigid Discipline Lee and his cane His Idea as to Strong
Battalions - Arrival of Rifle Companies Daniel Morgan and
his Sharp Shooters - Washington declines to detach Troops to
distant points for their protection - His Reasons for so doing
Scarcity and Sickness
Scarcity of Powder in the
Economy of Ammunition
Correspondence between Lee and Burgoyne Correspondence
between Washington and Gage The Dignity of the Patriot Army
asserted.
Rivalry of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold Government Per-
plexities about the Ticonderoga Capture
the Prize - Allen and Arnold ambitious of further Laurels -
Projects for the Invasion of Canada Ethan Allen and Seth
Warner honored by Congress - Arnold displaced by a Committee
of Inquiry His Indignation News from Canada The Re-
volution to be extended into that Province - Enlistment of Green
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