"On the 26th of March, (says General Heath,) Mr. Dyckman,'^ one of our guides on the lines, %vith thirteen volunteer horsemen made an excursion to Morrisania, took five prisoners of De Lancey's corps and five horses ; on their return they were pursued by a party of the enemy's horse, who coming rather too near, the brave volunteers faced about, charged vigorously,' took one man prisoner v/ith his horse, and put the rest to flight. The enemy again appeared, on the Eastchester road near Jonathan 'Ward's house, in some force, at a distance, but dared not renew the attack.''*

The following is General Heath's account of the burning of Colonel Hatfield's quarters, which stood directly opposite Archer's entrance : --

" About this time (January, 17S0,) a detachment from Colonel Mead's regiment of levies at Horseneck, and a number of volunteers from Greenwich -- the former under the command of Captain Keeler, the latter under the command of Captain Lockwood -- the whole about eighty, marched to Morrisania ; and about one o'clock in the morning made an attack on Colonel Hatfield. They first attacked the picket, killed three, and drove the rest into the colonel's quarters. The colonel and his men took to the chambers, and fired out at the windows, and down stairs, at

a From a m.ii 1 the possession of LewU G. Morris it appears that at that, tini'> the highway led past th' .\icii I' tiDUHe ni'^ritioned above, ami between it and Fort No. S which occupies the sit<; of tlio p > 'lit resilience of Uustav Sch.waM.-- Eilltor.