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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 398 words

I., No. 25, Portsmouth, Tuesda}', November 12, 1776, whence it was re-printed by Frank Moore, in his Diary of the American Eevolution, i., 326, 327 ; General Howe's despatch to Lord George Germaine, dated "New-Tork, 30 November, 1776," contained the official report of the skirmish; Captain Hall, in his History of the Civil War in America, (i., 205,) made mention of it, stating, also, that the Light Infantry lost "about thirty killed and wounded," without making the slightest allusion to either the Grenadiers or the German troops; Stedman, in bis History of Die American War, (i., 211, 212,) described the skirmish, very briefly, stating "thirty-two were killed and wounded on "the side of the English," without alluding to that of any of the other troops ; Judge Jones, in his Histnry of Xe,w York dtiring the Bevolutionary War, ti., 122,) made only a geuenil reference to it, among a number of skirmishes in Westchester-county, and his Editor, de Lancey, made no mention of it ; Gordon, in his HisUmj of the American Revolution, (ii., ;:*39,) gave a singularly inaccurate description, making General Lee the commander, in person, without naming Colonel Glover, in any way ; Genera 1 Heath, in his Memoirs, (72, 73.) mentioned it with some particularity, but witlu)Ul alluding to Colonel Glover, in connection with it ; Judge Mai-shall, in his Life of George Washington, (ii., 499.) briefly alluded to it ; Ramsay, in his History o/ the American Herolution, (Edit. London: 1791, i , 308, 309,) gave the personal command to General Lee, without alluding to Colonel Glover ; Mi-s. Warren, in her Jtise and Progress of the Ami-rican Revolution, (i., 327,) grouped all the o])eratioiis of the Armies, while en route to the White Plains, without making special mention of either; Adolphus, in his History of England, (Second edition, ii., 380,) made honorable mention of Colonel Glover and of the engagement ; Sergeant Lamb, of the Rnyal Welsh Kusileers, in his Journal of Occurrences durinfj the late American War, (Edit Dublin ; 18u9; 127,) made honorable mention of it, giving the personal command to General Lee ; Paul Allen, in his History of the American Revolution, (i., 511, 512,) also gave the Command to General Lee, requiring, however, the " whole force of the "British, in solid columns," to overcome the handful of Americans ; Morse, in his Annals of the American Revolution, (Edit.