18 In Lieutenant-colonel Tilghman's letter to his father, already mentioued, it is said "they counted 25 killed in one Orchard, how many got "off wounded we dont know ;" and in Colonel Haslet's letter to General Rodney, already referred to, it was said, " his Lieutenant and a number " of others were left dead on the spot."

" Lieutenant-colonel Tilghman to his father, " Valentine'8-Hill 4 miles "from Kinosbridoe, 22 October, 1776;" Colonel Haslett to General Rodney, "White-Plains, October 28, 1776 ;" etc.

A list of thirty-one of those prisoners may be seen in Force's American Archives, V., ii., 1203 ; but the evident slaughter of the names has made that record useless to every one who is unacquainted with the names of

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

including, among the trophies of their bravery, " a "pair of Colors, sixty stand of Arms, and a variety of " plunder," 1 among the latter of which were "a good " many Blankets." 2 On the side of the Americans, "three or four were left, dead, and, about fifteen were " wounded, among the latter, Major Green, of the "Second Virginia Regiment, wounded in the shoul- " der, and Captain Pope, who acted as Major, and " behaved with great bravery, wounded in the leg." 3 •General Lord Stirling is said to have been " so highly " pleased with the success of the expedition, that he "thanked Colonel Haslet and his command, pub- " licly, on the parade." *

families of whom they were prohably members. As many of them appear to have been of Westcheater-county 'origin, we append the list, corrected .as far as we have been able to correct it :