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JOSEPH, (EIL.,) musician, Capt Brigham's Co., 8th Reg. Com. Line, Mich. 6. 77 Mch. 16, 80. - J. G. B.
LADD, JESSE, detailed, 5 Jan., 1777, from the Alarm-List Co, of Ell. by his Capt., David Johnson, to join Capt. I. Grant's Co. at Providence. R. I. - Grunt Mx LAW, SAMUEL, of Capt. Johnson's Mil. Mlarm List, May. 79-50, enl [Capt. Black- man's Co., Col. Sherburne's Reg., 15 May, 17 15 Sept., 7%).
LEE, ELIJAH (EIL.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 634; [Sgt. of Capt. Parsous (Enf.) Co., d Cont. Reg., Col. Hinman, and at the siege of Boston, & May 19 Dec. 175; Ngt of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E W.) Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg at Boston. Jan. Mch., '76]. - J. G. B.
LEONARD. ASA. [en]. 9 May-18 Dec .. 75. Capt. Enos (3) Co., 2 Cont. Reg., Col. Spencer]; was of Capt. Ich. Wadsworth's (Ell.) Alarm List: fent. 7 May, 7S. in Col. Sherburne's Reg .; transf. to Col. S. B. Webb's Reg., 1 May, 50; disc. 1 .Jan., '81].
JEDEDLAI Fenl. 10 July. 75, Co. 5 (Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's) 8 Cout. Reg., Col. Huntington].
LEWIS, JOHN, poss. fenl. 5 Co. (Capt. Sol. Miller) 2 Cont. Reg., Col. Spencer, 3 May -. 17 Dec., 75]; was of Capt. E Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service July Aug. '76 LILLY, DAVID [of Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co. S Cont. Reg., Col Huntington. .July 10-18 Dec., '75].
LOOMIS, AMASA, (Capt.) Lex. Alarm. see p. 635, commission as Capt. of Ist ('o., 19th Conn. Reg., dated (under Royal authority) 1225, memorialized the Gen. Assembly 10 May, 1777. asking that new State commissions might be issnted to himself and other officers holling King's Commissions, and pointing out the inconveniences to which such officers might be subjected, if captured by the British, without State commissions, etc. - Conn. State Archives, Per. War, vii. 301. Capt. A. L. seems to have done his share of Rev. service (after the Lex. Alarm) as Capt, of the South Parish Marm List of E. W.
AMASA. (Jr. ? ), then of Bolton, memorializes the Assembly, June, 1286, that on the 20th March, 1787, he was app. Clerk and Conductor in the Ordnance Dep't at Springfield, Mass,, under Ezekiel Cheever, Esq., Dep. Commissary Gen. of Military Stores, and served as such until 28 June. 1780; asks for reimbursement of loss sustained in his pay by depreciation of currency, etc. - fann. Stale Archirex, Dr. War. xxIX. 215.
DAVID, dftd. 27 July, 79, from Capt Roswell Grant's Mil. Alarm List, for ser- vice at New York. Poss, the same who, as Lt., and res. E. W .. receipted to Capt. Roswell Grant, 29 July, '79, for wages or bounty.
ELINU, was of [Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., in service July-Ang., 76]. ELIPHALET, was of Capt. Ich Wadsworth's (Ell.) Alarm List. 49 So; prob. leul. S May-Dec. 18, '75, in Capt. S. Wyllys' (Htfd.) Co. (3). 2 Cont. Reg .. Col. Spencer].
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LOOMIS, EZRA, was in Cont. service. 79 80, from Capt. Barlur's Co.
GILES, Lex. Alarm. see p. 635; prob. the G. L. who was one of a detachment of 3d Troop, 4 Reg., Light Horse, serving as escort to the Convention Troops (Burgoyne's captured ofli, and men), passing through the State of Com . Nov 78 - 12 days on this service.
JOEL. (Capt.), commanded a company of mounted men, org. in E. W , they car ried short carbines, slung at the back, and cutlasses. - //. @ @. With 32 men, including officers, he marched 7 Sept., 776, in Maj. Backus's Reg. Light Horse, to N. Y .: dismissed 2 Nov., 76, with the thanks of Gen. Washington in General Orders of 1st Nov. See p. 644.
JOIN, JR .. Lex. Alarm, see p. 631.
MOSES, his family ree' supp. from E. W. - State Archires, Xxx. 1 Prob. the )i. L. who [en]. 18 May 31 Dee., '81, Capt. Hopkins' (Htfd.) Co., 3 Cont. Reg . Col S. B. Webb, and the 3]. L. who was of a no, taken pris near Horse Neck. Dec. 10, '80].
OLIVER, named for duty at N. Y .. 12 July, "79, from Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Alarm List.
WATSON. (d Lient.), [Capt. R. Grant's Co., Col. Enos' Mil Reg. on Hudson, sum mer of '78]; rre'd €34 16. 8, pay.
LORD, JOSEPHI, [of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co., on service July Ang., 56 Pons .; res. Iltfd. Co. J.
LOTHROP. DAVID, of [Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., with Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the lIndson, summer of '78]; ree'l £5. Ss. pay.
THATCHER. (Wpg.) (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; [of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co., Col. W.'s State Reg. ]; buried in Wyg. old Gd.
LYON. JOIN. [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson. summer of 1780.]
MAC. JOIN (Indian), certif. as in Cont. service from Capt. Johnson's (EH.) Co., 79 or 'S0.
MACKPEACE, SETH (Sgt.), of [Capt Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co., & Cont Reg., Col. Huntington, enl. 10 July, dise. 18 Dec., '75]; recommended by Col. Hunting ton, Oct. 18, 75, for prom, as Ens., rice Mather, resigned.
MANNING, PHINEAS, [en]. 10 July, 75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's (5) Co., S Cont Reg., Col Huntington; prob. enl. Capt. Walbridge's Co .. 2 Conn Line, Col Chas. Webb, 29 Jan , 5t, for 3 yrs. ; disc. 25 Jan , '80.]
MARKHAM, ISAAC, [enl. 6 July, 75, Capt. Chas. Ellsworth's Co. (3), S Cont Reg .. Col. Huntington; Corpl, enl. 15 Apl .. 77, for 3 yrs . dise. 15 Apl .. 'S0. Capl. Parsons's Co , 2 Conn. Line, Col. Chas Webb. Pens. 1818; res N Y.]
MARTIN, SYLVANE'S (Sgt.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. prob. [2d Lient. Capt. Gco.
Pitkin's (2) Co., 4 Cont. Reg . Col. Hinman, Comm. 1 May, dise, 20 Der., 75. at siege of Boston. ]
MARSIT. JOSEPH, was of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Co .; on service, July- Aug .. . 6. MASON. ISAAC, may have been he who [enl. Capt. Parsons's (Enf.) Co (10), 1 Cont
Reg .. Col. Hinman, 16 May-21 Dec .. 75; was of Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil Reg . on service July-AAng., 76.1
MCCLURE, DAVID, was Lieut. in Capt. Elijah Robinson's Co. Col. Samuel Mott's Reg. of the " new levies " ordered from Conn to the northward in 1726, and served as such until 11 Sept . 1976, when he was detailed to act as physician to the sick of said levies, and so served until the Reg. was discharged.
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Regimental Orders - whereas a Great Many officers & soldiers of the | Regiment are Sick & many in Dangerous Situation & whereas the Exigencies | of the Service has Caused an Inevitable Necessity For the Regimant to be | much Divided in parts a Con
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siderable body at this & another- | Considerable part Principally Sick at Skoeneshorugh & another of the | Like att Chesire & the physicians of ye Regim' & his matte Not being | able to Attend the Duty Necassary for the Comfort of the Sick in Every | part of Regimant & as Leut. M Cher has for this three weeks past | Attended on the Sick to Very Good purpos Fve therefore ordered that | Lient. M. Cher of Capt Robinsons Company he Excused from the Duty of a subaltron | to Assist as a physician in al tending the sick of the Regiment till | further orders." - State Arch .. Rec. War. viii. 94.
He applied to the Assembly. 30 May, 1772. for the extra compensation to which he deemed himself entitled by being transferred to such duty - Com. State Archives, Ber. Hur, viii. 93-94- but his request was denied, the Assem bly prob. thinking that what he had suffered in extra " fatigue," etc., had been more than compensated for by the dignity of his new calling. As Dr MeChter had an order on Treas, from Eben. Grant of E. W.
McCRAY, REUBEN, (El.) enl. [Capt. Parsons's (Enf.) Co. (10), 4 Cont. Reg. Col. Ilin- man, 16 May 19 Dec., '15, of Capt. Simons's (Enf. and E. W.) Co. Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg. at Boston, Jan -Mch., 76; of Capt. Grant's Mil. Co, Col. Johnson's Reg. at Providence. R. I., Jan .- Mch. 7. 78; of Capt Grant's Co., also Col. Enos's Mil. Reg. on the Hudson, 78]: rec'd for this $6. Ss. pay: [en]. 1 July. 80-9 Dec . 50, short term levies, 5 Conn. Line, Col. P. P Bradley. ] -J. G. B.
MCKINNEY, JAMES, JR., (El.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. - J. G. B.
WILLIAM. (Ell.) Lex. Alarm, see p. 634. - J. G. B.
MOINTIRE, ABEL, of Enf .. enl. for 3 yrs., 23 Mch., '78: hired by Levi Booth and Zach. Allyn of E. W - Certif of Capt. Thes. Abb of Col. Wyllys Reg. % Allen certities that Mel. res. with him at time of his enl., and that he was not an inhab, of Enf., which town claimed him.
JOHN, of Capt. Hez. Bissell's Mil. Co. certif. as in Cont. service. Apl , 79 or 'S0. MCKNIGHT. THOMAS, [ent. 16 July, 75. Capt Chas Ellsworth's (5) Co., 8 Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington; prob. enl. 2 Coun. Line (Col. Chas. Webb) among short term levies, 3 Aug., 79; disc. 15 Jan .. '80; was of Capt. R. Grant's Co., Col. Enos's Mil. Reg, on the Hudson, summer 78:] rec'd £6 Ss. pay.
MEARS, SAMUEL, Lex. Alarm, see p. 633; may be he who fend. 23 May-20 Dee . 15. 2d Co. (Pitkin's of Htfd.). 4 Cont. Reg. Col. Dinman; enl. Col. S. B Webb's Add. Inf. Reg .. 57-81; app. Sgt. 22 Sept . 71; Ens., 16 May, As: Lient., 15 Mch., 49. resig. 2 Mch., 80]; was on rolls of Capt. Barber's Mil. Co., 59, in Cont. service.
MILLARD, LEAVITT, enl. [from W., acc. to Off. Rer , Col. Sherburne's Add. Inf Reg., 19 Sept., '77-19 Sept .. '80. Pens .; res. Toll. Co., 1832; res. Vernon. 1840]; cred to Cont. service from Capt. Roswell Grant's Mil. Alarm List, May, 79.
MILLS, PETER (EIL.), Lex. Alarm, see p. 634.
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" By an Act of Assembly that constitutes the Alarm List | Capt. Mills who bears this, commences private in my | Company, and is now called upon to shoulder his | Musquet and stand Centinel. - your feelings | for Gentlemen who have worn Com- missions, and | who have supported their Caracter with Fidelity | and Honor, and now redneed to his Situation, will | strongly actuate yon, I doubt not, to every principle ] of favor and Lenity in your power, and believe me | Sir whatever Indulgence is shown the Bearer | will be very gratefully rec'd by your most |
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"Capt. Mills has not apply" for any favr | Since he was detach' but chases rather and is also advise | to apply after he arrives at & Land" to avoid the Clamor [ of the people and keep matters secret - as before
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MOLLOY. TIMOTHY, [ent. 10) July 28 Sept , 35. Co 5 (Capt. Chas Ellsworth's), S Cont. Reg., Col. Huntington |
MORE. WARIIAM, Lex. Alarm, see p. 635
MOREHOUSE, DAVID, of Col. Canfield's Mil Reg . West Point, N. Y. Sept. 'S1 MORSE (MOSS), DANIEL, Lex Alarm, see p 631 prob the same [of Col Wyllys 22 Cont. Reg., who was " missing " Sept 15. 76, after the fighting around N
Y. and L 1 One of same name was in service ater, invalided. hailed from New Haven; res . pens . 1818. N. Y. ].
ALEXANDER, of [Capt. Roswell Grant's Co . ( o) Enoss Mil Roy on the Hud son, summer of '78.1
MORTON. ABNER, [of Capt. Simons's (Enf and E W ) Co., Col. E. Wolcott's State Reg , Boston. Jan. - Mch., '76].
ALEXANDER. [of Capt. Roswell Grant's Co. Co) Enos's MO Reg. on the Hud son. summer of 78]; rec'l 56. 8x, pay.
[DIO]DAT[E], Lex. Alarm, see p. 635. [en] 16 July, 75, 5 Co (Capt Chas Ellsworth), & Cont. Reg .. Col Huntington]
JOHN, [of Capt Simons's (Enf and E W ) Co Col E Wolcott's State Reg. Boston, Jan .- Mch., 76]
WILLIAM, apparently saw service, a gun being issued to him by the E. W Selectmen.
MUNROE, LEONARD. was in Cont. service. 79-50, from Capt Amasa Loomis's Mil Alarm List. E W .. [en]. Capt E Wolcott's Mil Co., on service Inly-Ang .. 75; may have been he who enl. Capt Whiting & Co . Col & B. Webb's Add. Inf Reg. 14 Meh. 77, for 3 yrs., app Corp'l 1 Sept . 1, Sgt. May 16, 78. disc. 14 Mch., '80 A. L. M ranked as priate, pers. 195, Ohio
MUNSELL, ELLAKIM STILES, enl. in Col. Enos's Reg of minite men in summer of 1778; served at Greenwich, Conn. and West Point. N Y : was invalided and sent to Conn. on furlough in Sept. and was ill a long time. see his mem to Assembly, dated 17 May, 79 Conn State Index Re Bar viv 242, 218. His reasonable expenses were ordered to be paid by the Court of the Pay Table ( $70 lawful money due his nurses and physician
GURDON, of [Capt. Barber's Mil. Co., 79 or 'S0. reported as in Cont service: cnl Capt. E. Wolcott's Mil. Reg .. in service July Sur , 76.1
HEZEKIAHI, Lex. Alarm, see p. 631, [en] Capt Geo Pitkin's Poco 4. Cont Reg , Col. Hinman; was at Siege of Boston; was of Capt E Wolcott's Mil. Co. in service Inly-Aug., 76: pensioner 1532 res. in Hartford Co . at East Windsor. aged st. in 1840.]
HEZEKIAH MUNSELL (Wpg., at the time of his death (14 AApl . 15]], ; 9] - Wyg. Old 6. 1d.), was the oldest made inhabitant of East Windsor There were many things so remarkable in his life and character that several persons visited him to gather the particulars of his personal history and the facts which they elicited were published in the Connecte I foment He was tall and erect. aml used frequently, after the age of eventy five to compete with young men in the field. He had an instinctive aversion to run and tobacco, such was his antipathy to cider and vinegar that they were never placed on his side of the table, although the former was the common In verage of New England. and used on every farmer'stable Hismemory was very tenacious and be retained his faculties in a remarkable degree till within a week of his death In the Vol. I .- 89
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War of the Revolution he was ont in four campaigns, and gave the following account of himself :
"At the time when the news of Lexington battle reached us, in East Windsor, I was in the 23d year of my age. In 175, when the war commenced, there was but one newspaper printed in Hartford, the Courant. By reading that my own mind was principally prepared to repel the British invasion. It is true there was much said in every situation and station in life by the people, in rela- tion to our condition to the mother country at this crisis. Iremember reading one or more letters from Governor Trumbull to Governor Gage, which had a powerful influence on my mind, and did much to prepare me for the scenes in which I afterwards took a part. The stamp act, duty on tea, Boston port bill, and the massacre of citizens in the town of Boston by British soldiers in 1770 - all tended to prepare us to defend what we considered our common rights and liberties. At this juncture I felt, and so did others, that there must be war. For the feeling was quite general that, unless we defended our rights and lib- erties, we must be slaves; and, as unnatural as some may think of it, we chose to decide the question by ' an appeal to arms.' In this state of mind the news of Lexington battle reached me.
"Capt. Lemuel Stoughton, who then commanded the company of militia in the north part of the town, called out his company, and we paraded half a mile north of Scantie meeting-house. Names were soon called for volunteers, and as many as forty volunteered to march to the battle field with their captain. We left our homes the next day for the field of conflict. This day was Satur- day. Most of this little company were Full of patriotism and ambition. On Monday we reached Shrewsbury, where we met Col. Nathaniel Terry, of En- field, who had been to Roxbury, which was the headquarters of the Provincials. lle brought back to us on the way to the rendezvous advice that we shonkt so arrange that those who came on should stay two or three weeks. This brought our company to a stand, and the Sergeant. Ebenezer Watson, Jr., beat up l'or volunteers. Eleven of our number turned out to march 10 Rox- bury. We chose E. Watson as our lientenant, and N. Phelps, sergeant. Tuesday we left Shrewsbury, and reached headquarters Wednesday. On this expedition we bore our own expenses, and lived for the most part of the time on what our wives and mothers put into our knapsacks when we left home. On reaching Roxbury we found that many of the inhabitants had thed. We soon found a house empty, and prepared to occupy it. Two more of the volunteers soon joined our number, and we prepared to take up our quarters in a school- house. We were not much exercised in military tactics at this time. I stood as a sentinel two or three times, which was most that I did in the soldier's line at this campaign. What was then a curiosity to me, we drew for our rations sea-bread, which 1 was told was taken from the British on their excursion to Concord. It was so much of a curiosity, I brought some home when I returned. When in this campaign, I remember of seeing several tories brought into Roy bury by the soldiers from the neighboring towns. I then supposed that they were considered as dangerous men in our State affairs to have their liberty in the community. They wore their white wigs; and, for some reason or other, a number had settled down in Marshfield. The inhabitants now living in Mas- sachusetts and Connectient can hardly conceive the spirit of indignation which was enkindled in the community at the news of the march of the British troops from Boston to Concord in April 1, 1225. [ He wore a hat to the field of conflict with this motto on a brass plate. . Liberty. Property, and all America. ']
" The second time I entered the army I enlisted in the month of May, 1775, for seven months Colonel George Pitkin, of East Hartford, was our captain. The company numbered one hundred men, rank and file; and all of them lived
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to return to their homes at the expiration of the time for which we enlisted We were stationed at Roxbury and Brookline at our first going into actual ser vice. During this campaign the American army was reduced to discipline. 1 recollect that the lighthouse at Boston harbor was burnt by a party of Ameri- cans not far from this time. This was done to vex the enemy's shipping. but it never amounted to much in that way. A part of the regiment to which Colonel Pitkin's company belonged went to join the northern army. It was the duty of the company to which I belonged to guard the coast near Boston I was not in the battle of Bunker Hill: our company was not called to take part in that conflict. I heard the cannon, and was standing on the bell deck of Brookline meeting-house during that battle, from whence I saw the burning of Charlestown. We had not much fighting with the enemy during this campaign. Winter was approaching. the weather was cold, we had three stations to guard. and our guard house not being supplied with wood, we burnt rails from the fence. Complaint was made by the owners to the officers, and orders were given not to burn any more rails. The sergeant. in giving the orders to the guard about the rails, remarked that nothing was said about posts, and advised us to keep a fire. We burnt posts that day, and after that had a supply of fuel. We did not always draw our rations of rum; but though it was a source of complaint with some, 1 was never troubled on this point, for 1 did not drink it. Our food at this time was good enough, but was not so always during the war. Our chaplain was the Rev. Mr. Boardman, whom the British called the cannon, or the gun of the gospel, on account of the power and compass of his voice. While we were stationed at Roxbury one of our company, Moses Ilux- ley, was killed by a cannon ball which the British fired from Boston. Hlv belonged to Capt. Hanchet's company, and was from Suffield. At the expira- tion of my term I received two or three bills of Continental money, the first I remember to have seen.
" In the year 1726 1 joined the army again for seven months, under Capt. Simon Wolcott. It was now more difficult to obtain sokliers for the campaign than at any previous time, for the war continned longer than was at first antic ipated. The novelty of the campaign and field of action had gone by. Men who enlisted now expected to have hard fighting. With these things in view, I left home in June, and arrived in New York just as the Declaration of Inde pendence was published to the army. On the evening of the day it was made public there the city was illuminated. In the month of July we were employed eight days in erecting Fort Independence, after which we were ordered over 10 Long Island, where we were quartered more than a month, during which the troops suffered much from sickness. This division of the army was under the command of Gen. Sullivan and Lord Sterling Our company was divided, so that one-half would go from the barracks at Brooklyn to Flatbush to keep garrison one day, and the next day the other half would come to relieve them. We were daily expecting that we should be annoyed by the enemy. Some one of our company went every day to get milk for the sick soldiers at an old Dutchman's. About the time the enemy began to land on the island ! went on the errand myself, when the old Dutchman remarked that there would 'be tonsands and tousands of vm."
"On the morning of the battle of Long Island the soldiers were busily employed in throwing up a breast work, and in cutting and drawing into a line before the breast work a row of apple trees, the brush turned from us. ] worked both on the breast work and drawing in the trees, Col Hart had command of our regiment at the time, Col. Gay being sick in New York, where he died.
"We were all now prepared for an engagement with the enemy. It has
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been said by some that Gen. Washington never left his saddle during the day; but I saw him walk along the lines and give his orders in person to the colonels of each regiment. I heard him give orders to Col. Hart, which were much like the following : 'If the enemy come to attack us, let them approach within twenty yards before you fire . It was thought to be a stratagem of the quemy to draw our fire and then force us from the entrenchment; but Washington was too old for them. I also heard Washington say, 'If I see any man turn his back to day I will shoot him through; I have two pistols loaded; but I will not ask any man to go further than I do : I will fight so long as I have a leg or am arm ' This is but a serap of what the brave Washington said on that occa sion. Ile said the time had come when Americans must be freemen or slaves: "quit yourselves like men, like souliers; for all that is worth living for is at stake."
" During the day of the Long Island battle, on the right wing where I was stationed, there was but little firing. The position which we held at the time was near a fide-mill - the yellow mill. While Washington was giving his orders to our colonel there was in the pond where this mill stood a man who was attempting to escape from the enemy, an inhabitant of the island, proba- bly, who was stuck in the mnd Some proposed to go and help him. Wash- ington said no, knowing that they would be in the same predicament, and thus liable to be taken by the enemy. What became of the poor fellow I never knew.
" I did not see the British on the day of this battle; the ground was such, and a grove intervening, as to cut off the prospect. I was not personally knowing to anything more relating to the battle, of any interest, but what is generally known. On the night we retreated I was just relieved from the breast-work when I heard an officer remark that we were going to retreat. The next person I heard speak of it was Gen. Putnam, when we were on the march. He then spoke. I thought, imprudently, for some one might have carried his report to the enemy. We left the island for New York between eight and nine o'clock in the evening. The retreat was conducted without any difficulty. When the morning came I went to the grand battery, and, looking over to the island, saw two of our men plunge into the water and swim to get away from the British. The enemy fired at them, but they swam till our boats picked them up. I don't know as any of our men were lost on the island by being left.
" When we had safely landed in New York we felt ourselves freed for a moment from the enemy But we had not long to rest. This was as late in the season as the first of September. The main army was now in the city. Our barracks were at Bull's Head in Queen street, which was then quite the upper part of the city. When we left this street we moved to the cast, and pitched our tents. On our retreat from New York, by some misdirection, these tents were carried to the wrong place, and we lost them.
" The enemy landed in New York carly in September, and as we had no means for effectually resisting such superior forces, Gen. Washington was obliged to retreat before them. The enemy from Long Island passed up the East River and landed a party at Turtle Bay. Col. Knowlton was killed and his troops dispersed He had chased the British some distance: they were ro- inforced, and he was killed in the vicinity of Harlem Heights. This skirmish was called the Monday fight. It was the day after we retreated from New York, which was on Saturday I saw his dead body in a wagon just as it was brought from the field of battle, his clothes covered with blood. He was a brave officer
"The British landed their troops at Turtle Bay under cover of two ships of war On the evening previous to Gen. Washington's retreat to
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