Green (a stout athletic Southerner) was stationed with his regiment a little below Pinesbridge. Col. Delancy with his regiment of Tory refugees, accompanied by British troops marched up with a view of surprising Green which they did, he not being sufficiently on his guard. Major Flagg of Green's regiment, had retired; hearing the noise he got up & sitting on the bedside discharged a pistol through the window; those without fired in through the window & killed Major Flagg who fell back on the bed. Col. Green had 5 or 6 negro waiters. The Enemy (as they were called) attempted to force the door open, Green & his negroes tried to prevent them. The enemy got the door open so that one of their men put his arm through, which Greene seized & broke it across the edge of the door. The enemy at length succeeded in forcing open the door, the negroes sur-rounded Green to protect him from the blows aimed at him. They were all killed & Col. Green also. Doct. Eustis a surgeon in the army, (who was afterwards secretary of war & then Governor of Massachusetts) arrived at Green's Quarters a few minutes after the affair happened. I obtained this information from Doct. Eustis himself who informed me that when he arrived there, those negroes lay kicking about the floor like hens with their heads cut off.

60 THE McDONALD PAPERS

THE ATTACK ON COL. THOMPSON

Col. Thompson was stationed at Young's house, with his regiment, in the winter of 1780 which was near the line of what now are the towns Greenburgh & Mount Pleasant. Col. Thompson had sent one company of his men to the west near Saw Mill river & another to the east where Abraham Davis resided. They found the Enemy were approaching near them with 1500 men to attack Col.