He fell, alas ! not by the hand of a foe, but by one of his' own countrymen, a refugee named Hammond, who as he recognized this brave officer, exclaimed " Now I will give it you," and fired with deadly effisct. His body was found after the conflict, with one of the fingers barbarously bitten for the purpose of obtaining a gold ring. His murderers had also inhumanly placed their feet upon the body to draw off his boots. It may be as well to mention here that Col_ Norton was promoted for his services on this occasion. -- Editor.

1 Thachcr's Military Journal, 185. ,

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 355

" On this occasion," (says Samuel Young, in a letter written to Commodore Valentine Morris, dated Mount Pleasant, 25 January, 1814,) " my father's house with all his out-houses were burnt. After this disaster our troops never made an effort to protect that part of the country. The American lines were afterwards changed and extended from Bedford to Croton brido^e, and from thence following the course of that river to the Hudson. All the intermediate country was abandoned and unprotected, being about twenty miles in the rear of the ground which Colonel Burr had maintained, when posted on the lines. Samuel Young served under the comaiand of Colonel Burr during the Revolutionary war. a

In the summer of 1S20, a stranger was observed loitering around the residence of Mr. Van Wart. Upon being questioned, this person stated, that he had taken an active part in the above engagement, and v/ell remembered the spot where he stood, (pointing to a stone,) when the British guard were first seen advanciiig from the west. He had just discharged his piece, and was engaged in loading it, v\hen he received a bullet in his breast^ which passed through his body.