Index
Aboukir Bay, Battle of, 143, 144
Adams, John, 146
Agénois Regiment, 13, 18–19, 25, 32, 55, 167
Agincourt, 17
Albert de Rions, Comte d’, M. de Suffren praises, 10
unable to block Port Royal, 47
beaten by Revolutionists at Toulon, 140
captures H.M.S. Experiment, 158
American generals, d’Estaing’s comments on, 75
American press, d’Estaing’s opinion of, 21
lauds d’Estaing, 131
American Revolution, vii, viii, 5, 114, 116
d’Estaing on faults of, 62
relations with French at Savannah, 72–74
French impressions of, 74–75
losses on October 9th, 107, 116, 160, 178
strength of army, 22, 24, 55, 158
Anecdotes of the American Revolution (Garden’s), 55, 108, 111
Antoinette, Marie, mentioned, 15, 17, 136, 138
Ariel, capture of, 11, 156, 181
Armagnac Regiment, 13, 31, 55, 138, 167
Artois, Count d’, 136
Austerlitz, 112
Austrian Succession, War of, 19
Auxerrois Regiment, 13, 19, 25, 55
Avignon, 185
Bahamas, 149
Baillie, George, 34
Baillie, Jourdina Cunningham, lends Count d’Estaing a horse, 34
demands its return, 123
Baillie, Robert Carnabie, 95, 107
Baker, Colonel John, 24
Balch, Thomas, 191
Barracks at Savannah, 3, 52, 84, 158, 175
Barras, Louis, Comte de, 10
Barrett, Samuel, criticizes French for abandoning siege of Newport, 60, 199
Bart, Jean, 66
Bartram, John, 3
Beaufort, 8, 11, 25, 26, 29, 31, 39, 45, 46, 47, 73, 156, 157
Beauharnais, Josephine, 137
Beaulieu, mentioned 2
French land at, 31
described, 31–32
mentioned, 33, 53, 58, 61, 65, 157
Beauvais, General, 18
Belfield, Captain of Virginia Dragoons, 24
Belleville, Dr. Nicholas, his recollections of Pulaski, 188
Bellona, 20
Bemis’s Heights, 71
Bentalou, Captain Paul, 33, 110, 118, 167
Berand, Captain Matthew, mortally wounded on October 9th, 107
Bertrand, Count, marries Fanny Dillon, 137
Bethesda (Orphan House), d’Estaing visits, 34
French depredations at, 35
mentioned, 124
Béthisy, Jules-Jacques-Elenore, Vicomte de, 18, 96, 105, 140
Blandat, Lieutenant Mathieu, killed on September 24th, 1779, 19
“Blue” Party in French navy, 12, 65
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 136, 139, 142, 143, 144
Bonaventure, damaged by French, 124
“Bonnie Prince Charlie,” finds refuge in Thirlestane Castle, 27
Borda, Jean-Charles, Chevalier de, 12, 87, 191
Boscawen, Admiral Edward, threatens to put d’Estaing in chains if captured, 16
mentioned, 27
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, humorous allusion to Captain MacKenzie’s defense of the Ariel, 11
career of, 12–13
animadversions on Vice-Admiral d’Estaing, 88
d’Estaing’s confidence in, 88, 128
angered by requisition of his cannon and cannoneers, 90
allusion to d’Estaing’s wounds, 122
opposes retreat to Charlestown, 128
sarcastic entry in his Journal about d’Estaing’s departure, 132
narrowly escapes death in French Revolution, 139
mentioned, 158
Bougainvillea plant, named in honor of M. de Bougainville, 13
Bougainville Island, 13
Bouvines, Battle of, Dieudonné d’Estaing sacrifices self to save Philip Augustus, 14
Bowen, Francis, 178
Bowen, Jane, aids French, 124
Boyce, Lieutenant Alexander, killed on October 9th, 107
Brandywine, Battle of, 51
Brazil, 144
Brest, d’Estaing’s cool reception on arrival at, 135
Brétigny, Colonel, describes conditions in South Carolina, 21
has words with d’Estaing, 126
mentioned, 160
Brewton Hill, d’Estaing watches Maitland’s troops enter Savannah by water, 52
Brier Creek, 51
Brisson, Pierre-Raymond de, 143
British army, strength at Savannah, 8, 54–55, 171
British battery at Spring Hill, 97, 106, 174
Brooke, Francis T., description of social life at Savannah, 3–4
mentioned, 163
Brooks, Governor John, on character of Benjamin Lincoln, 71
Broughton Street, 5, 6, 77, 159
Broves, Rafelis, Comte de, 12, 88, 161
Browne, Colonel Thomas (Tory), 92
Browne, Major Thomas, (Dillon Regiment), drinking habits of, 69
opposes attack, 93
mentioned, 97
killed, 106
Brown’s Volunteers, 54
Bruneau, Lieutenant James, mortally wounded on October 9th, 107
Bruyères-Chalabre, Comte de, 12
Bryan, Jonathan, 35
Buck Island, British vessels anchor at, 49
Buffington, Moses, 188
Bunker Hill, 116
Bush, Lieutenant John, 107, 108
Butler, Major Pierce, 22
Byron, Admiral John, 7, 38, 66, 89, 156
“Cabal,” first Duke of Lauderdale “1” in, 27
Calignon, M., Adjutant, killed, 111
Cambis, Vicomte de, quotes a line from Molière after release, 53
Cambresis Regiment, 13, 55, 132
Camden, Battle of, 181
Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette, Memoirs of, 139
Campbell, Colonel Archibald, mentioned, 4
his estimate of Prevost, 41
Capellis, Chevalier de, 12
Casablanca, 144
Catherine the Great, 18
Causton’s Bluff, French embark from, 129, 160
Central Railroad, excavations by at Spring Hill, 175
Cérès, 158
Cervantes, 32
Chabert, Joseph-Bernard, Marquis de, 12
Champagne Regiment, 55
Charlestown, S. C., mentioned, 7, 8, 20, 21, 46, 47, 59, 74, 86, 87, 115, 118, 127, 128, 129, 133, 148, 150, 151, 155, 156, 160, 178, 180
Charlestown Fusiliers, 110, 205
Charlestown militia, d’Estaing’s description of, 25
mentioned, 97
d’Estaing comments favorably upon conduct of, 108
Charlestown press, 21, 47, 151
Charlotte, Fort, 36
Cheraws District, funeral sermon for dead, 116
Cherokee Hill, 157
Cherokee Indians, 6, 32, 81, 100, 157
Choiseul, Duke de, opinion of d’Estaing, 57, 172
Chouin, André-Michel-Victor, Marquis de, 25
Clinton, Sir Henry, ix, 7, 28, 39, 48, 90, 100, 115, 133, 148, 151, 156, 169
Cockspur Island, 161
Colbert, Édouard-Charles-Victurnin, Comte de, 12, 140
Coleman, Kenneth, 190
Colvill, Reverend Robert, author of “Savannah,” 30, 56, 149, 151, 152, 193
Combahee, 156
Comet, 50
Condé, Dragoons of, 142
Condé (“the Great”), 35
Condé, Prince of, 140
Continental Congress, 10, 44, 70, 127, 130, 160
Continental Line of South Carolina, described, 23–24
Continental Line of Georgia, 24–25
Continental troops, described, 24–25
French compliment, 74, 107–108
Cornwallis, Lord, 146
Costebelle, Pastour de, 170
Court House, occupancy of by British troops at Savannah, 3
Crouch, Mrs., publishes Charlestown Gazette, 150
Cruger, Colonel John Harris, mentioned, 39
quoted on Franco-American relations at Savannah, 72
brilliant defense of Ninety-six, 149
claims British always determined to defend Savannah, 168
Cuba, death of Vicomte de Noailles in, 139
Culloden, Battle of, 27
Curry, James, reputed to have betrayed Allies, 97–98, 176
Cuyler, Telamon C., 169
Dampierre, Chevalier de, 67
Dancing Assemblies, Savannah, 6
Danton, 137
Darien, 2
Dauphin Royal, 9
Davis, Jefferson, 73
Davis, John, describes Savannah, 199
Davis, Sam, father of Jefferson Davis, 73
De Grasse, François-Joseph-Paul, Comte, 10, 67, 132, 133, 181
De Lancey, Mrs., lines in memoriam of Colonel Maitland, 152, 182
De Lancey, Stephen, 6, 149, 182
De Lancey, W. H., 149
Delaware River, Maitland’s raid on, 27
DeSaussure, Lieutenant Louis, killed on October 9th, 107
Desmoulins, Camille, 137
Desmoulins, Lucile, dies on scaffold with Count Dillon, 137
DeSoto Hotel, site of barracks, 175
d’Estaing (see Estaing)
De Treville, Lieutenant John LaB., captures Prevost’s dispatch to Maitland, 29
Dillon, Arthur, his family, 17
opposes attack, 93
leads right column on October 9th, 97
reaches entrenchments, 105
anecdote about his offer of reward to troops, 120
signs protest as to place of French embarkation, 128
premonition of violent death, 137
anecdotes concerning his execution, 137
mentioned, 158, 160, 168, 181, 182
Dillon, Comtesse de, 17
Dillon, Édouard (“le beau Dillon”), 17
Dillon Fanny (Countess Bertrand), 137–138
Dillon, Théobald-Hyancinth, in Dillon Regiment at Savannah, 17
wounded on October 9th, 106
massacred by his troops in French Revolution, 138
Dillon Regiment, 13, 36, 129, 168
Dolomieu, Deodat de, 191
Doniol, Henri, quoted on d’Estaing, 125
Donnom, Captain William, killed on October 9th, 107
D’Oyley, Captain Daniel, 82
Doysié, Abel, x
Dubois, Captain David, killed on October 9th, 107
Du Petit-Thouars, Aristide-Aubert, on d’Estaing’s secretiveness, 20–21
his opinion of the Vice Admiral’s seamanship, 66
sees Savannah afire from river, 78
quoted as to effect of shell-fire on British fortifications, 83
describes condition of French fleet, 87–88
heroic death of, 144–145
mentioned, 174
Dunkirk, 149
Duquesne, Abraham, Marquis de, 66
Durumain, Chevalier Trolong, commands flotilla sent up Savannah River, 50
amphibious attack of fails to get started, 112
Eden, William, mentioned, 176
Elholm, Augustus C. G., participates in ruse leading to surrender of Sunbury detachment, 117, 159
Elliott, Mrs. Susannah, 108
Êmeriau, Maurice-Julien, 143
Erneville, Chevalier d’, leads French vanguard, 104
anecdote about his death, 120–121
mentioned, 179
Estaing, Charles-Henri, Comte d’, mentioned vii, ix, 6, 7
recommends M. de Suffren for command, 11
appearance of, 14
career, 15–16
character, 15–16
his talent for writing, 15
ambitious nature of, 15–16
captured and paroled in India, 16
compliments Colonel de Noailles and writes to Vicomte’s parents about him, 16–17
complains to Ministry about delivery of mails, 19
secretiveness of and criticism of American newspapers, 20–21
lands at Beaulieu, 31
quoted on difficulties of landing his troops, 32
meeting with Pulaski, 33
stops at Bethesda where he sees portrait of Lady Huntingdon, 34
demands surrender of Savannah, 35–36
refuses to propose terms, 36
mentioned, 37
orders M. d’Albert de Rions to block Port Royal, 47
exonerates Fontanges from blame for junction of Beaufort troops, 48
realizes importance of preventing British junction, 48
mentioned, 50
consents to truce, 51
watches last of Colonel Maitland’s troops enter Savannah, 52
mentioned, 53
Choiseul’s opinion of, 57–58
his reasons for failure to attack immediately, 58–59
justifies his decision to stay on at Savannah, 60
asserts no formal siege of city intended, 61
quoted on sanguineness of Lincoln and Americans, 62
observations on French Negro “musketeers,” 65
unpopularity of in navy, 65–66
quoted on characteristics of English, 66–67
on American grog, 67
reprimands Major Browne of Dillon Regiment for drinking while on duty, 69
incident of his descent on Tybee Island, 69–70
opinion of Lincoln, 71
quoted on plain fare of Southern generals, 71–72
writes to and hears from Colonel Laurens, 72
blames Americans for Maitland’s entry into Savannah, 73–74
his admiration for George Washington, 75
feeling against in French fleet, 87–88
Bougainville’s animadversions on, 88–89
his ideas as to locale of attack, 91
curtness to those who opposed him, 93–94
imagines himself a martyr to America, 94
his arguments in favor of an attack, 93–94
Pulaski sends a proposed plan to, 95
Pulaski justifies himself in letter to, 96
desires to take British by surprise, 97
mentioned, 98
aware of desertion among Americans on night of October 8th, 101
mentioned, 102
hears Scotch bagpipes prior to assault, 103
his reasons for not calling off attack, 103
mentioned, 104
wounded in arm, 105
complains of lack of ardor of all but vanguard, 105
wounded second time and rescued by Lieutenant de Truguet, 109
quoted on conduct of de Noailles’ corps of reserve, 111
comments on reasons for failure of Durumain’s river attack, 112
anecdote about Captain Lynch’s retort, 120
remains in actual command after being wounded, 122
harassed by details of retreat, 123
suffering of, 124
blames M. de Brétigny for bringing French to Georgia, 125–126
receives grant of land and citizenship from State of Georgia, 126
his reply to American suggestion that his honor required him to stay on and take Savannah, 127
Dillon and de Noailles write to protesting the plan of retreat, 128
threatens to supplant his young Colonels, 128–129
praised by General Lincoln and American press, 130–131
America’s debt to, 131
blames American pilots, 133
reason for Colonel de Noailles’ visit to Savannah, 133–134
hardships encountered on voyage home, 134–135
sends report to M. de Sartine upon arrival at Brest, 135, 161
reception of in France, 135–136
his course during French Revolution, 136–137
testifies in trial of Marie Antoinette, 136
guillotined, 137
mentioned, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 164, 167, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 182, 183, 184, 191, 196
Estaing, Comtesse d’, sues husband for separation of property, 15
Estaing, Dieudonné d’, saves life of King Philip Augustus, 14
Étiquette, Madame (Comtesse de Noailles), 17, 138
Ewensburg, 2
Experiment, capture of, 85, 86, 158
“Fairfield Hero,” General George Garth, 85–86
“Fair Lawn,” Tattnall’s home burned, 43, 169
Falkland Islands, Bougainville colonizer, 12–13
Farrar, Lieutenant Field, killed on October 9th, 107
Few, William, 146
Fier Rodrigue, 9
Filature or Old Silk House, 3
Findlater and Seafield, Earl of, 27
Five Fathom Hole, 50
Flag of Second Regiment of S. C., 108–109, 199
Flanders Regiment, 137
Foix Regiment, 13, 25, 55, 88, 173
Fontanges, François, Vicomte de, mentioned, 18
mission to Charlestown, 20, 155
mentioned, 47
d’Estaing exonerates, 48
reports arrival of Beaufort troops to d’Estaing, 51, 52
mentioned, 70
has words with Colonel Laurens, 73–74
wounded, 106
Fouquier-Tinville, 136
Fourberies de Scapin, Les, line from quoted by M. de Cambis, 53, 171
Fowey, 44
Franche-Comté, 19
Frederick the Great, 18
French, Captain Thomas, 117, 159
French army, foot-soldiers of era, 13–14
favoritism to nobility in, 18, 64
heterogeneous make-up of at Savannah, 64
mentioned, 67
positions given to regiments according to seniority, 102
losses on October 9th, 116, 160
reputed panic of French troops before embarkation from Georgia, 134
French batteries, 61, 75, 83, 84, 158, 159
French navy, preference to nobility in, 9–10
plight of sailors, 19
nobility in, 64
reputed failure of some of French naval officers to co-operate with d’Estaing, 66, 172
mentioned, 67
lack of supplies in and sickness in fleet off Savannah, 87–88
condition of d’Estaing’s squadron, 89–90
French Revolution, 18, 19, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144
Fuser, Lt. Colonel Lewis V., 168, 176, 181, 190
Gamble, Thomas, 200
Gantheaume, Henri, 144
Garden, Alexander (Anecdotes), 38, 55–56, 108, 111
Garrett, Thomas, anecdote of about Pulaski, 177
Garth, General George, 85–86, 158
Gaston, Lieutenant Robert, killed on October 9th, 107
Gazette de France, 130
Gazette of the State of South-Carolina, 20, 23, 28
Gâtînais Regiment, 13, 25, 55, 104, 176
Genville, Levert de, first to reach British entrenchments, 104
George III, viii, 1, 3, 8, 148
Georgia, ix, 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 22, 24, 41, 126, 146, 147, 148
Georgia Gazette, 6, 28, 39, 43, 44, 81–82, 92, 110, 150, 153, 195
Georgia troops, 24–25
Gérard, M., d’Estaing writes to, 175
Germain, Lord George, ix, 22, 42, 43, 113, 148, 151
Germain, 190
German Fusiliers of Charlestown, 110, 205
Géronte, character in Molière, 53
Gervais, John Lewis, mentioned, 62
Gibbes, William Hasell, 83, 147, 192
Gibbons, Mrs. Sarah, Pulaski stops at plantation of (Sharon?), 168
Glascock, Thomas, his reputed rescue of Pulaski from battle-field, 118
Glasier, Major Beamsley, 92, 107
Glen, John, attitude of toward Loyalists, 40, 169
Goldesbrough, Lieutenant, 49
Good Hope, Cape of, 134
Graham, Colin, leads British sortie, 68, 158
Graham, James, refugees flock to plantation of on Hutchinson Island, 81
Graham, John, Lieutenant Governor, 77, 78, 147, 153, 159
Grasse, Comte de (see de Grasse)
Gray, Lieutenant James, 107, 108
Greene, General Nathanael, quoted on abandonment of the siege of Newport, 60
on anti-d’Estaing faction in fleet, 66
buried in Graham vault, 153
Greenwich, tradition of Pulaski’s burial at, 118, 204
owner furnishes provisions to French, 124
d’Estaing convalesces at, 124, 180
Grenada, mentioned, 15, 17, 35, 58, 66, 69, 102, 133
“Grenadiers’ Marching Song,” 200
Grimké, John Faucheraud, 72–73, 86, 146
Grog, d’Estaing’s opinion of, 67
Guale Indians, 1
Gudin, Jean, painting of M. de Noailles’ naval exploit, 139
Guerrier, 9, 13, 88, 89, 90, 132
Guiton, Duke de, aids Pulaski, 96
Gwinnett, Button, mentioned, 24
Habersham, Major John, 3
Habersham, Colonel Joseph, 24, 146, 190
Habersham plantation (“Silk Hope”?), Pulaski writes from, 33
Haddington Borough, John Maitland represents in Commons, 27
Hainault Regiment, 13, 19, 25, 55
“Half Moon Bluff” (Greenwich), 124
Halifax, 21
Hamilton, Colonel John, 92
Hamilton, Paul, his reaction to American defeat, 116
Governor of S. C. and Secretary of Navy, 147
mentioned, 192
Hammond, Samuel, 146–147
Hancock, John, presents d’Estaing with a portrait of General Washington, 75
Hawes, Lilla M., x
Hayne, Isaac, records death of William Jasper, 117
Hector, 9
Henry, Captain John, 27, 144, 169
Hervilly, Louis-Charles, Comte d’, mentioned, 18
death of, 140
Hessians, 5, 6, 26, 30, 54, 175
Heyward, Thomas, Jr., 22
Hinrichs, Captain Johann, his Journal quoted, 30, 42, 83, 97, 148, 166, 193
Hispaniola (San Domingo), d’Estaing confides his plans to Governor of, 21
Hobkirk, Battle of, 98
Holmes, John Bee, his reputed rescue of Pulaski from battlefield, 118
Horry, Colonel Peter, mentioned, 22, 59
denies Weems’ account of colloquy with Sergeant Jasper, 117
comments on John Newton and Jasper, 147
his criticism of Weems’ book, 172
Houdon, Jean-Antoine, his bust of Count d’Estaing, 14
Houstoun, Governor John, 4, 24, 98
Houstoun, Sir Patrick, Sixth Baronet, explains his presence among American militia at Savannah, 98
Hugues de Bouville, 139
Hume, Lieutenant Alexander, 107, 108
Huntingdon, Selina, Lady, 34, 123, 168
Hyder Ali, 11
Indian Ocean, 11
Indians, 1, 5–6, 32, 46, 81, 100, 157
Irish troops, desertions in Dillon Regiment, 129
Ishmael, servant of Major Jones, 87
Jackson, James, mentioned, 24
on legal ability of Charles Price, 39
tells of Major Jones’ and Lieutenant Baillie’s premonition of death, 95
anecdote about Lieutenant Lloyd, 118–119
later career, 146
mentioned, 187
Jacksonborough, S. C., 173
Jamaica, 149
Jasper, William, Weems’ story of his rescue of colors, 108–109
account of Sergeant Jasper’s deathbed colloquy with Horry denied by latter, 117
Colonel Hayne records death of, 117
Horry on honesty of, 147
Jay, John, 43
Jefferson, Thomas, d’Estaing writes to, 126
mentioned, 146
Jerseys, Major Maitland in, 27
Jewish burial ground, 111
Jockey Club, 6
Johnson, Judge William, quoted, 115, 189
Johnston, Elizabeth Lichtenstein, opinion of American Revolution, 5
mentioned, 81
describes incident of bombardment, 82
Johnston, Mrs. Lewis, sends her young sons into lines, 82
Johnston, William Martin, mentioned, 171, 194
Jones, Charles C., Jr., 164, 191
Jones, Major John, describes effect of Allied bombardment, 78
predicts destruction of Savannah by fire, 78–79
alludes to hardships undergone by Mrs. Lachlan McIntosh, 80
believes Allied attack necessary, 84
mentioned, 87
has premonition of death, 95
killed on October 9th, 107
letter from his wife, 114
Jones, John Paul, quoted on favored position of nobility in French navy, 9–10
opinion of d’Estaing, 15
mentioned, 199
Jones, Mrs. Polly, 87, 114, 173
Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, 19, 142
Journal d’un officier de la Marine, quoted, 66, 73, 94, 103, 191
Kehoe, Barbara B., x
Keppel, Admiral, 125
Keppel, brig, 50
Kersaint, Gui-Pierre de Coëtnempren, Comte de, 10, 140
Kervéguen, Gaultier de, 142–143
Kinnill, Lieutenant Joseph, killed on October 9th, 107
Knowles, Captain, 79
Labarre, Lieutenant, 142
Lafayette, Marquis de, vii, 75, 125, 131, 138
La Galissonière, Athanase Scipion de Barin, Marquis de, 12
Lagos Bay, Spain, Maitland in sea battle, 27, 179
La Motte-Piquet (see Motte-Piquet)
Languedoc, ix, 9, 13, 14, 40, 75, 132, 133, 155, 156, 160, 161, 184
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de, 11–12, 144, 156
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duke de, 197
Lauder, Scotland, 27
Lauderdale, Charles, Sixth Earl of, viii, 26–27
Lauderdale, first Duke of, 27
Lauderdale, Seventh Earl of, 153
Lauderdale, Fifteenth Earl of, 179, 195
Laurens, Henry, mentioned, 131
Laurens, John, mentioned, 22
writes letter welcoming d’Estaing, 72
M. de Fontanges addresses warm words to, 73–74
leads American column on October 9th, 97
becomes separated from part of his command, 109
Weems’ story of his reaction to order to retreat, 111
mentioned, 118
writes to his father about Siege, 131
Lee, General Henry, quoted, 15, 48, 59, 107, 148
Leeward Isles, 160
Legaré, Lieutenant James, 108
L’Enfant, Pierre-Charles, wounded on October 9th, 147
attempts to set abatis on fire, 159
Le Peley, Georges-René-Pléville, 142
Lichtenstein, Elizabeth (see Johnston)
Lincoln, General Benjamin, mentioned, 4, 22, 24, 33, 47, 48
d’Estaing describes reaction of to junction of Beaufort troops, 52
mentioned, 57
informed of truce by Count d’Estaing, 59
optimism of, 62
irritated at Count for sending summons in name of King of France, 70
d’Estaing’s opinion of, 71
plain fare served at his table, 71–72
O’Dune blames Lincoln for refusal to grant safe conduct to women and children, 80
mentioned, 83, 94, 98, 101, 122, 123, 126
tries to persuade d’Estaing to stay on at Savannah, 127
praises French commander in report to Continental Congress, 130
mentioned, 146, 155, 157, 158, 160, 167, 178, 187, 199
Livingston, Governor, 43
Lloyd, Lieutenant Edward, anecdote about, 118–119
Lloyd, Mr., acts as guide, 166
Lock, Lieutenant, reconnoiters French ships off Tybee, 7
Lodi, Battle of, 142
Lomel, Pulaski writes from, 165
Louis XVI, vii, 13, 15, 18, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141
Lynah, J. H., 179
Lynch, Isidore de, anecdote about, 120
in Battle of Valmy, 142
McArthur, Major Archibald, leads sortie, 173
McCall, Hugh, quoted on Colonel Maitland’s death, 150
McDonald, Sergeant, 108
McGillivray’s Plantation, 158
McIntosh, Lachlan, 24, 40, 59, 80, 95, 97, 109, 157, 158–159
McIntosh, Mrs. Lachlan, undergoes hardships during Siege, 80
McIntosh, Captain Roderick, 115
MacKenzie, Thomas, Captain of the Ariel, 11, 133, 181
McLean, Andrew, explains his presence at Savannah in American militia, 40
McPherson, Lieutenant Henry, killed in sortie on September 24th, 173
Madras, d’Estaing captured at, 16
Maham, Hezekiah (“Maham Tower”), 22
Maitland, John, mentioned, viii
commands troops at Beaufort, 26
career of, 27–28
friendship with General Washington, 28
mentioned, 29
leaves Beaufort, 30
reaches Savannah, 51
dramatic appearance before Council of War, 55–56
outspoken opposition to any idea of capitulation, 56
commands British right flank, 92
praise of by General Henry Lee, 107
orders counter-attack on October 9th, 111
mentioned, 125
death of, 149–150
story that he died of excessive drinking, 150
Prevost reports death of to General Clinton, 151
praised by contemporaries, 151–152
poems commemorating his death, 152
burial at Savannah, 153
mentioned, 156, 157, 159, 160, 165, 168, 179, 190, 195
Maitland, Right Honourable Ian Colin, 179, 195
Maitland family, 26–27
Maps of Siege of Savannah, 205–206
Marigny, Bernard, Comte de, 12, 133, 161, 181
Marigny, Charles-René, Vicomte de, 181
Marines (British), 44, 54, 104
Marion, Colonel Francis, mentioned, 22
describes appearance of troops, 23–24
his reputed strictures on truce, 59
Maryland, 133
Meehan, Norma Berry, x
Melvin, Captain George, takes part in ruse leading to surrender of Sunbury detachment, 117, 159
Meyronnet de Saint-Marc, describes incident of French landing, 32–33
quotes British deserters as to effect of Colonel Maitland’s arrival, 57
quotes d’Estaing on prospect of success at Savannah, 58
mentioned, 65
sees conflagration at Savannah, 79
on Georgia weather, 86
quotes d’Estaing as to necessity of attack, 93
on Tories in American militia, 98
mentioned, 99
French aware of American treachery before attack, 101
describes confusion on October 9th, 106
praises Continental troops, 107–108
tells of exchange of words between Colonel Brétigny and d’Estaing, 125–126
Michaud, Joseph-François, quoted on d’Estaing’s role in French Revolution, 136
Midway, 2
Militia (American), 23, 25, 40, 55, 98, 107–108, 112
Militia (French), 64
Millen’s plantation, Americans camp at, 157
Minden, Battle of, 13
Minis, Philip, recommends Beaulieu for place of French landing, 31
Minis house, French at, 35
Missiessy, Édouard de, 143
Mitchell, the Reverend Father Joseph D., 204
Môle St. Nicolas, 138
Molière, M. de Cambis quotes line from Les Fourberies de Scapin, 53
d’Estaing uses allusion from L’Avare, 135
Moncrief, Captain James, wins “immortal honour” at Savannah, 43
promises successful defense in event of a formal siege, 63
mentioned, 84
death of, 148–149
Mons-en-Puelle, 139
Montgomery, Fort, 51
Montgomery, General Richard, 43
Moore, Major T. W., property of destroyed in bombardment, 77
describes battle-ground after Allied repulse, 115
mentioned, 194
Motte, Major Charles, killed on October 9th, 107
Motte-Piquet, Toussaint-Guillaume, Comte de La, 10, 160
Moultrie, General William, 23, 28
Mowbray, Captain J., 190
Mulryne, Colonel John, 124
Mulryne, Mrs., damage to her home at Bonaventure, 124
Murray, John, affidavit concerning John Glen, 40
Napoleon (see Bonaparte)
National Guard of France, 136
Negroes, labor on Savannah defenses, 43
casualties among in bombardment, 77, 79
Negro troops, 18, 55, 64–65, 81–82, 129, 157, 177
New Hebrides, 11
Newport, French at, 35, 60, 66, 131
New York, mentioned, viii, ix, 6, 7, 26, 85, 100, 113, 149
Nile, Battle of, (see Aboukir Bay)
Ninety-six, Cruger’s defense of, 149
Noailles, Louis-Marie, Vicomte de, described, 16
d’Estaing praises 17
mentioned, 18, 67, 69, 72, 75, 77, 87
his reply to Count d’Estaing’s comment on his views about proposed attack, 93
placed in command of reserves, 97
conduct of his rear guard on October 9th, 111, 177
mentioned, 123
urges retreat by way of Charlestown, 128, 160
d’Estaing divines purpose of his visit, 134
his reputed statements to English while at Savannah, 134
emigrates during French Revolution, 138
death of, 139
Noailles, Comtesse de, celebrated as Madame Étiquette, 17
guillotined with her husband and daughter, 138
North Carolina Loyalists, 54, 92, 104
O’Connor, Antoine-François-Térance, mentioned, ix
d’Estaing’s tribute to, 60–61
quoted on conduct of French reserve, 111
maps by, 205–206
O’Dune, Thadée-Humphrey, 68, 80
Oeil-de-Boeuf, 35
Ogeechee Ferry, 168
Ogilvy, Elizabeth, Lady, 27
Oglethorpe, James Edward, mentioned, 1, 113
O’Moran, Joseph, delivers d’Estaing’s summons, 36, 157
guillotined, 138
mentioned, 168
Orangeburg, 23
Oxford, 68
Parr, Captain in S. C. Royalists, 188
“Pechot,” nom de plume of Jean-Rémy de Tarragon, 167, 186
Pérouse, La (see La Pérouse)
Philadelphia, 87, 130, 131, 138
Philip Augustus, King, 14
Philip the Handsome, 139
Pierrevert, Marquis de, 144
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, mentioned, 5, 22
criticizes guides, 102
remains optimistic despite defeat on October 9th, 127
later career of, 146
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas, mother of C. C. Jr. and Thomas Pinckney, 188–189
Pinckney, Thomas, mentioned, 22, 34
recounts incident of d’Estaing’s descent on Tybee Island, 69–70
anecdote about, 82–83
mentioned, 94
describes confusion on October 9th, 109
mentioned, 110
reputed exhortation of his troops during retreat, 111
later career of, 146
Pollard, Ensign, killed, 78, 159
Pontèves-Gien, Jean-Baptiste-Elzéar, Marquis de, 12
Pontgibaud, Chevalier de, 10, 25, 198
Porbeck, Lieutenant Colonel von, field officer of the day on right flank, 92
Port au Prince, 55
Prévalaye, Pierre-Dimas, Marquis de, 10, 140
Prevost, General Augustin, mentioned, viii, 5
ideas as to objective of French fleet, 7
writes to Admiral Byron, 7–8
quoted on size of French fleet off Savannah, 9
stalls for time, 36
pessimism of, 38
exhorts his troops, 38–39
appearance and character, 41
effect of age and service on health, 41
mentioned, 43, 46, 48, 51, 53, 55
refuses to surrender, 57
surprised at d’Estaing’s delay in attacking, 58
mentioned, 62
proposes that non-combatants be permitted to leave Savannah, 80
reports his victory to Lord Germain, 113
mentioned, 120
last years of, 148
informs Clinton of Maitland’s death, 151
mentioned, 156, 157, 159, 166, 168, 169, 171, 173, 178, 194, 199
Prevost, Mrs. Augustin, 41, 80
Price, Charles, accompanies Americans to Savannah, 39–40
Pugh, Reverend Evan, memorial service for dead, 116
Pulaski, Casimir, mentioned, viii
message to Count d’Estaing, 24
mentioned, 25
d’Estaing writes to, 33
meets General d’Estaing, 33–34
suggests plan of attack, 95
justifies himself to Count d’Estaing, 96
circumstances of his fatal wound, 109–110
d’Estaing attributes death of to Pulaski’s advancing prematurely, 110
British strictures on, 110
Dr. Lynah removes grapeshot, 118
death of and burial, 118
movements on September 14, 1779, 167–168
mentioned, 156, 159, 160, 174–175, 177, 178–179, 189, 193, 204
Pulaski’s Legion, 25, 110, 167
Puysegur, Antoine-Hyacinthe-Anne, Comte de Chastenet de, mentioned, 12
ascends Savannah River, 50
commands Truite, 77
accompanies Durumain on October 9th, 112
mentioned, 140
commended by d’Estaing, 170
his chart of Savannah River, 206
Puysegur, Bernard-Jacques-Hubert, Comte de, 186
Quash, slave, 4
Quebec, Prevost at, 41
Ramsay, Dr. David, mentioned, 22
on spirit of money-making in South Carolina, 23
Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist 82, 194
“Red” party in French navy, 12
Richardson, John, describes Savannah, 2, 163
Rigaud, André, 18
Rions, Comte d’Albert de (see Albert de Rions)
Rivington, James, (Rivington’s Royal Gazette), 113, 166, 195
Robespierre, 139
Rochambeau, General de, vii, 115
Roche-Fontenilles, Marquis de, 18
Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (see La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt)
Rogowski, Major, asserts that Pulaski fell while leading cavalry charge, 109–110, 193
Roman de Lisle, Major, 102, 176
Rossbach, Battle of, 13
Rouvray, Laurent-François, Marquis de, 18, 68, 129, 140, 166
Roux, Captain Albert, mortally wounded on October 9th, 107
Royal American Regiment, 107
Russell, John, d’Estaing describes his portrait of Lady Huntingdon, 34
Russell, Peter, describes Savannah, 2
Rutledge, galley, Negroes recruited for service aboard, 81
captured, 174
Rutledge, Hugh, 146
Rutledge, John, mentioned, 22, 48, 58
d’Estaing writes to, 126
urges French to stay on at Savannah, 128, 160
Sablière, M. de, 112
St. Augustine Creek, 158
Saint Christopher, 138
Saintes, Battle of the, 135, 138, 149
St. James, Santee, 119
Saint James Square (Telfair), 199
Saint Vincent, 58
Salley, A. S., 187
San Domingo, 18, 55, 64–65, 69, 138, 149, 155, 175
Sans Souci, Henri Christophe’s citadel, 18
Saratoga, 101
Sartine, Antoine-Raymond-Jean-Gualbert-Gabriel de, Minister of Marine, mentioned, 17, 21, 48, 66, 71, 112, 134, 135, 161, 182
Savage, Thomas, plantation of, 116
Savannah, mentioned, vii, viii
appearance in 1779, 1–3
society in, 3–4
strategic importance of, 4–5
turf events and dancing assemblies at, 6
mentioned, 7, 8, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29, 31, 34
French march on, 34–35
British despair of successful defense, 38–39
Americans confident of capture of, 40
storming of by British in 1778, 40–41
state of defenses before Siege, 42
British work on defenses, 43–44
Maitland’s arrival at, 50–51
Lincoln’s army reaches environs of, 57
American description of defenses, 58
Allies decide upon siege of, 60
incendiary bombs thrown into, 78
damage in, 79
progress of British in fortifying, 84
British supplies in, 86
mentioned, 98, 100, 105, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 124, 126, 127, 130, 131, 134, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160
“Savannah,” poem by Robert Colvill, 30, 56, 193
Savannah River, mentioned, 1, 10, 24, 47, 50, 52, 59, 97, 134, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 170, 171
Schwerin, General von, grand-father of Colonel Stedingk, 18
Scotland, 26
Scourge, galley, 26
Scurvy, in d’Estaing’s fleet, 19
Sea Island Road, 2
Séguier de Terson, Philippe de, his Journal quoted, 32, 33, 36, 52, 67, 70, 85, 102, 104, 109, 122, 134, 140, 167, 192
Ségur, Count de, anecdote about Isidore de Lynch, 120
September massacres, 141
Seventy-first Regiment, 8, 26, 28, 29, 54, 92, 103, 153, 176, 204
Shaffer, George W., reminiscences concerning Central Railroad’s excavations at Spring Hill, 175
Shaw, Captain Alexander, aide-decamp to Prevost, 5
Shay’s Rebellion, Lincoln quells, 146
Sheftall, Levi, acts as guide, 166
Sheftall house, 199
Sheppard, Captain Charles, killed on October 9th, 107, 111
Sigoier, M. de, praised by d’Estaing, 173
Sixtieth Regiment (Royal American), 5, 44, 54, 92, 107, 176, 199
Skelly, Major Francis, 203–204
Skinner, Colonel, 54
Skinner, Lieutenant John, 68, 149, 173
Skirving, Colonel William, 115
Smith, Chief Justice William, on importance of British victory at Savannah, viii, 113
South Carolina, ix, 2, 5, 21, 22, 28, 81, 100, 115, 146, 156
South Carolina Fifth Regiment, 97
South Carolina First Regiment, 97
South Carolina militia, 23, 25, 156
South Carolina Royalists, 188
South Carolina Second Regiment, 23, 108, 109, 118, 199
Spanish Wells (Hilton Head Island), 46
Sphinx, 156
Spring Hill redoubt, 91, 95, 96, 97, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 141, 159, 160, 174, 175, 176
Stedingk, Curt-Bogislaus-Louis-Christopher, Count von, described, 18
mentioned, 32
quoted on American army and people, 74
criticizes place chosen for attack, 93, 94
leads column on October 9th, 97
mentioned, 102
wounded, 105
reaches entrenchments, 106–107
praised by d’Estaing, 107
his anecdotes of the attack on October 9th, 119–120
Stedman, Charles, quoted, 51, 152, 204
Stedman, Lieutenant James, 119, 179
Stevens, W. B., 188
Stokes, Chief Justice Anthony, mentioned, 3
on strategic importance of Savannah, 4–5
mentioned, 39
opposes surrender, 42
praises defenders of city, 44
description of bombardment, 76, 77
loses several slaves and his books in fire, 79
Steele, John, 174
Suffren, Pierre-André de, commands Fantasque, 10
wins fame in Asian waters, 11
criticism of d’Estaing’s seamanship, 66
Sullivan, General John, 34–35, 60
Sunbury, 8, 39, 47, 117, 156, 159
Surinam, 149
Swiss Guard, M. d’Hervilly transmits king’s order to, 140
Tarragon, Anne-Claude de, 103, 143
Tarragon, Jean-Rémy de, his Journal quoted, 31, 32, 35, 64, 68, 70, 78, 83–84, 101, 102, 105, 111, 116, 128, 143, 167, 170, 186
Tarragon, M. Rémy de, 187
Tattnall, Josiah, his home burned by British, 43, 169
Tawse, Thomas, stationed near Spring Hill redoubt, 92
throws his troops into battle, 104
heroic death of, 105
Teneriffe, 12
Terson, Séguier de (see Séguier de T erson)
Thermopyles, Les, tragedy by M. d’Estaing, 15
Thirlestane Castle, 27
Thomson, Colonel William, 23
Thomson, Mr., death of daughter of in bombardment, 77
Thunderbolt, 61, 118, 122, 123, 124, 128, 129, 158, 160, 180
Tonyn, Governor Patrick, 39, 92
Tour du Pin, Marquise de la, daughter of Count Dillon, 137
Tourville, Admiral de, 66
Trafalgar, 143
Trenches, Allied, 60–61, 68, 93, 112, 175
Trogoff, Jean-Honoré, Comte de, 140
Truguet, Laurent, Comte de, 65, 87, 109, 141
Truite, 50, 77, 81, 157, 158, 159, 170, 180
Turenne, General de, 35
Turf, spirit of the, at Savannah, 6
Twiggs, Colonel John, 24
Tybee Island, 5, 7, 9, 14, 20, 29, 50, 69, 78, 155, 156, 172, 174
Tybee Roads, 49
Vaibel, volunteers of, 55
Valmy, Battle of, 142
Vardy, Captain, captured with dispatch to Maitland, 29
Vaudreuil, Louis-Phillipe de Rigaud, Marquis de, 10, 133, 140, 141, 161
Vély, Abbé, 139
Vence, Jean-Gaspard, 104
Vengeur, 9
Vergennes, Comte de, 18
Villeneuve, Pierre-Charles de, 143–144
Villiers, Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, 17
Vindictive, galley, 26
Viper, 174
Virginia, equipment of troops, 24
Virginia Light Dragoons, 24
Virginia militia, 24, 108, 177
Vleland, Lieutenant Cornelius Van, mortally wounded on October 9th, 107
anecdote about, 118
Wallace, Anne, Lady, daughter of Governor Wright, 85
Walsh Regiment, 55
Walton, George, 4
Warren, Samuel, anecdote, 119, 179
Warrior, 149
Washington, D. C., laid out by Major L’Enfant, 147
Washington, George, mentioned, 28, 41, 67, 74, 75, 88, 127, 133, 146
Washington, J., 167
Washington, Captain Thomas [?], 167
Waterloo, 149
Wattignies, Battle of, 142
Weems, M. L., account of Jasper’s rescue of flag, 108–109
Peter Horry on Weems’ “inventions,” 117
mentioned, 147
story of the circumstances of Maitland’s death, 150
Wellington, Duke of, mentioned, 149
Wereat, John, transmits offer of grant of land to d’Estaing from Georgia, 126
West Indies, 7, 10, 18, 58, 64, 67, 81, 88, 100, 112, 133
Westminster Abbey, Sir James Wright buried in, 148
White, Colonel John, mentioned, 24
his extraordinary ruse on October 1, 1779, 117, 159, 178
White Bluff Road, 67
Wickham, Captain (Sixtieth Regiment), 104
Wickom, Lieutenant John, killed on October 9th, 107
Williamson, General Andrew, 23, 112
Wilson, Adelaide, quoted, 175
Windward Passage, 8
Wise, Major Samuel, killed on October 9th, 107
Wissenbach’s Hessians, 5
Wright, Sir James, returns to Georgia in 1779, 4
receives word of arrival of French fleet, 6
opposes surrender, 42
quoted on importance of outcome of Siege, 42
praises Captain Moncrief, 43
describes joy at Savannah upon Maitland’s arrival, 51
opinion of result of defeat of Allies, viii, 113–114
declares day of Thanksgiving, 114
George III sends message of commendation to, 148
death of, 148
mentioned, 159, 161, 169, 194–195
Wright, James, Jr., 148
Wylly, Captain Alexander Campbell, map of Siege, 205
Wylly, Colonel Richard, 192
“XYZ Affair,” 146
Yamacraw Creek, 106
Yamassee Indians, 46
Zubly, Rev. John Joachim, 44