History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
" them and the enemy's," [(fce Americriu's.] " riglit flank; the Second " Brigade of British," [thnse ir?io had asstiuUed thv fronts of the right and centre of the Americans,] "formed in tlie rear of the Hessian Grena- "diers; and the two Brigades of Hessians, on the left of the Second " Brigade, with their left upon the road leading from Tarrj-town to the "White Plains" -- that is to s-iy, the entire force, on the western hank of the Bronx, was moveil northward, until its left was above that oUl road, still continued, which extends from the bridge, near the railroad-station, westward, over Chatterton's-hill.
1 Information conmiunicated to us, persi>nally, more than tliirty years since, by the two gentlemen named, who, then, were our near neighbors and personal friends.
2 The Helnrus of t>ie Eillfil, Wounded, mid Missing, in each of the several Regiments who had formeil that bashful detachment leave no room for doubt concerning tlie Regiments of whom it was really composed-- indeed, there may Iiave been otliei-s whose modesty forbade the making of any such Returns, and who have tliereby escaped our notice.
The Regiments of whom we find mention, as we have already stated, were those conmianded, respectively, by Colonels Silliman, Seldeu, Sage, and Douglass (the latter commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Arnold,) all belonging to the Brigade commanded by General Wadsworth ; the Regiment commanded by Colonel Chester, of the Brigade commanded by Colonel Sargent ; the Regiments commanded, respectively, by Colonels Baldwin, Douglass, and Lieutenant colonel Ely, of the Brigade commanded by General Saltonstall ; and the Regiments commanded, respectively, by Colonels Holmau and Smith, of the Brigade commanded by General Fellows-- all of them New Englanders and some of them experts in running, as was shown at Kip's-bay, in the preceding September.