Bunker Hill

243
    of Virginia regiment, 239
    Unity
, 284
    Virginia, 44, 53, 56, 168, 237–40, 244, 262, 278, 289, 350n
    Vose’s Tavern, 74–75
    Waller, Adj. John, 227–29
    Wallis, Dennison, 157
    Waltham, Mass., 180
    War of Regulation, 16
    Ward, Artemas, 167, 182, 198
    advises Washington, 251
    as provincial army’s first leader, 164, 214, 260–61
    and Battle of Bunker Hill, 202, 204–5, 230
    and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 186–87
    commission of, 179–80
    at council of war, 195, 250–51
    criticism of, 180, 345n
    occupying Dorchester, 272–74, 277
    officers of, 179, 186, 245
    replacement of, 236
    Warren, Dr. Joseph, 36, 48, 164, 186–87, 242, 256, 261, 284, 350n
    background/personality of, 66–69, 89, 98, 110–11, 155–56, 181, 312n, 314n
    and Battle of Bunker Hill, 195, 208, 215–16
    and Benjamin Church, 176, 182, 322n
    on the British army, 220
    and the Coercive Acts, 74–75
    and Committee of Correspondence, 52–54
    and Committee of Safety, 109–10, 163, 166, 168, 173, 175, 191–92, 204–5, 236, 336n
    on Concord/Lexington fight, 323n
    death/burial of, 229–30, 235–36, 247–48, 287–88, 294–95, 344n, 347n
    description of, 46, 164, 309–10n, 314n, 336n
    finances of, 54, 311–12n
    and Gov. Gage, 90–92, 177, 318n
    house of, 15, 46, 116, 150
    and Josiah Quincy, 81–82, 95, 171–72
    as major general, 194, 219, 228, 236, 336n, 337n
    Massacre Day Oration of, 96–100, 130, 319n
    medical practice of, 3, 17, 46–47, 53–54, 78, 102, 216, 310n, 312n, 314n, 318n, 320n, 328n, 340n
    and the Powder Alarm, 70–73, 102
    and Provincial Congress, 81, 88, 109, 110, 168, 175, 181, 191–92, 316n, 333n
    as soldier, 109–10, 150–52, 155–56, 216, 219, 228, 339n
    sounds the alarm, 116–19, 323n
    and Suffolk Resolves, 75–76, 102, 115
    writes to Samuel Adams, 180–82, 193–94
    See also
Adams, John; Edwards, Sally; Scollay, Mercy
    Warren, Eben, 287–88, 318n
    Warren, Edward, 216, 312n, 314n, 318n
    Warren, Elizabeth Hooten, 46, 54, 310n
    Warren, James, 175, 267–68, 333n
    Warren, John, 67, 89, 216, 235, 247–48, 287–88, 314n, 318n
    Warren, Mercy Otis, 47, 252, 310n, 331n, 333n, 344n
    warships, 84, 169, 182
    and Battle of Bunker Hill, 196, 199–200, 202–3, 212, 215, 217
    and Battle of Chelsea Creek, 183–87
    in Boston Harbor, 26, 76, 89, 114, 116, 161–62, 172, 184–85, 189–91, 198–99, 206, 249, 255, 257–58, 276
    and British evacuation, 283, 290
    deep draft of, 170
    plundered by provincials, 186
    Washington, George, 53, 160, 172, 180, 248, 286, 312n
    and African Americans, 241, 262–63, 289, 351n
    and assault on Boston, 243, 249–51, 258–59, 263, 267–68, 271–73, 275–76, 283, 287, 351n
    on cowardice, 277–78
    criticism of, 260–61, 350n
    description of, 237, 240
    and Dorchester, 272–79, 281, 287
    establishes army, 265–68, 287, 289–90
    and gunpowder, 244–45, 249–50, 267
    heads army/navy, 236–37, 240–41, 245, 257–58
    home of, 240, 278
    and Henry Knox, 268–71
    on the loyalists, 284
    military background of, 26, 56, 237–40, 242
    negative opinions of, 241–43, 250, 261, 346n
    overhauls army, 243–46, 251, 259–63, 267–68
    personality of, 237, 239–40, 245, 261–62, 274, 346–47n
    and reenlistment crisis, 259–61, 267, 271
    on war, 350n
    Washington, Martha Custis, 239, 267, 286
    Watertown, Mass., 14, 69, 72, 103, 151, 158, 168, 178, 247, 252, 330n, 332n
    Watson, George, 22
    Watson’s Corner, 153, 158
    weapons, 78, 115, 124, 168, 172–73, 244, 267, 315n.
See also
artillery;
specific types
    Webb, Jotham, 156
    Webb, Samuel, 223, 279
    Webster, Daniel, 292–93
    Wedderburn, Alexander, 28
    Welch Fusiliers, 98, 153–55, 217, 221–22
    Wellington, Benjamin, 124
    West, Rev. Samuel, 159, 330n
    Westfield, Mass., 269–71
    Westford, Mass., 138, 140, 200
    Weston, Mass., 93, 111
    Weymouth, Mass., 183
    whale oil, 9, 304n
    whaleboats, 170, 257, 332n
    Wheatley, Phillis, 23–24, 278, 306n
    Whig party, 89, 104, 216, 318n
    White, Ammi, 144, 327–28n
    Whitefield, Rev. George, 59
    Whittemore, Samuel, 153, 157
    Wilkes, John, 253
    Wilkinson, James, 286
    Willard, Abijah, 201, 204, 338n
    Wilson, Jonathan, 147
    Winnisimmet, Mass., 63, 183–86, 254
    Winter Hill, 63–64, 153, 160, 254
    Winthrop, Hannah, 47, 161–62, 310n, 331n
    Winthrop, John, 11, 40, 47, 64, 161–62, 256
    Winthrop, John, Jr., 11, 22, 24, 313n.
See also
Joyce Junior
    Woburn, Mass., 123, 146–47
    Wolfe, James, 26, 190
    women, 121, 151, 159.
See also
specific names
    Worcester, Mass., 58, 65, 77, 86, 93, 109, 112, 162,