The military and surgeons at the battle of White Plains came in without ceremony and took possession of some of our rooms bringing some bedding and an immense quantity of lint with them. The wounded were soon after taken to North Castle Church. This church was Episcopalian and stood two miles or more north of Mile square. It was converted into an hospital, and used as such during most part of the war. They formerly passed this Church, often times in going to Bedford though that route was some what longer. (They must have been what Mrs. Sally Holmes called the

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296 11 [margin: 1845] West or north road in contradistinction to the Post road) Captain Gilbert Totten was a small but handsome and remarkably well made man. I saw him after he had wounded Colonel William Green of (Somers?) Somers, Surrogate Coffin's father in law, and taken him prisoner. They passed our house, and I begged Totten to stop and let me dress his wound, as from seeing wounded men treated by the army surgeons I had a little knowledge of the healing art, but that officer refused saying it was a mere scratch and he must go on to Morrisania. Green's wound was in the head. During a considerable part of the war the advanced post of the American army was kept at my aunt Brewers. When Colonel Thompson was defeated at Youngs house, his advance guard was there and had to retreat through the snow and join their detachment by making a