Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

On the twenty-first of September, the American Army, at Kingsbridge and its dependencies, which included General Heath's command, in Westchestercounty, consisted, nominally, of four thousand, five hundred, and twenty-eight Commissioned Officers, Staff, and Non-commissioned Officers, and twentyseven thousand, three hundred, and seventy-seven rank and file, exclusive of Colonel Knox's Regiment of Artillery, which contained, nominally, five hundred and forty-three men, including all the Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers and Staff, and exclusive, also, of Colonel Durkee's Regiment and a Company of Artillery, both of them at Powle's-hook, now Jersey City, from whom no Returns had been received, during that week. But of those nearly twenty-eight thousand men, in the ranks, four thousand, four hundred, and fifty-three were present, sick ; three thousand, four hundred, and thirty-three were absent, sick ;

1 Journal of the C-onveniion, "Die Sabbati, 4 ho., P.M., Septr. 7, 1776."

2 Conrnmsary-general Trumbull to tke Convention, "King's Bridge, 16 "Sept., 1-776;" Journal of the Convention, "Dies Martis, 4 ho., P.M., "Septr. 17,1776."

We have followed Washington Irving, in his historical writings, in our orthography of the name of that celebrated stream, notwithstanding the usnal manner of spelling the words is considerably different.

» Journal of the Provincial Congress, "Die Mercurii, 9 ho., A.M., Septr. "18, 1776 ;" the same, ''Die Veneris, 9 ho., A.M., Octor. 4, 1776."

* Journal of the Provincial Congress, "Die Jovis, 9 ho., A.M., Octor. 3, " 1776 ; " Journal of the Committee of Safety, " Die Mercurii, 9 ho., A.M., "Octr. 9, 1776; " the same, " Thursday morning, Octor. 17, 1776."