I right of the American line, on the toj) of the hill, ^ when they faced to the left and, with the shivering llessiaus on their front, they climbed up the steep and rugged hill-side, in good order and with the greatest steadiness,* the fire of the Hessian Artillerists, on the opposite side of the river, at least that j)ortion of it which was directed against the American right, having been suspended, in order that they might not be exposed to unnecessary danger.^

On that portion of the American line which was exposed to that assault, on its front, as well as to the movement of the Hessian Brigade commanded by Col-

, onel Hall, who had been ordered to charge on its right

i Hank, simultaneously with the movement ou its front,

1 Colonel Hiislet to General Cirsar liodneij, " November 12, ITTfi."

Among the creations of John C. Hamilton's very able but very unscrupulous pen Wii." one, based on the .-^tory of the bri<lge w hich we have already noticeil, concerning the Artillery Company of w hich his father, .\lexaniier Hamilton, was the C'a|>tain, and what he assumed to have I been the womlerful services of that Company, on the occasion now under notice.

As we have already stateil, {ride page i'.V.), ante,) there are veiy grave doubts concerning Caiitaiu Hamilton's presence, with the Company, on Cliatterton's-hill, on the eventful day of the Battle ; and it is of ques- ! tionable |)ropriety, therefore, to identify him w ith the shortcomings of his command, so gmphically jiortrajed by Colonel Haslet, in his letter to General Rodney, to which we have referred, in thi' text-- shorlcoiniugs which were certainly such as reflected nothing else than disgrace on both the body of the Company and the Otlicer who was in command, ou .that occasion, whomsoever he may have been.