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Interview with Acker, Benjamin

Macdonald, John. Interview with Acker, Benjamin, 1763-1851; (1847-11-20). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 982. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States). Passage 2 of 2 212 words

They made fight and would not surrender till we had fired twice. We killed two, wounded two, made prisoners of the other five, and let the women go. I belonged to the guard that was watching the road near Roswell's corner about two miles below Clark's corner, when the British went up to burn Crompond in 1779. We hid. It was a dark night. About two hun- -dred horse passed, and then at some distance came the infantry. I don't know

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whether they advanced at this time through White Plains or by way of Tarrytown. Colonel Armand lay with his legion once or twice at Jacob Ryders in Ossining about seven miles from Tarrytown.

I belonged to the guard that was watching the road near Roswell's corner about two miles below Clark's corner, when the British went up to burn Crompond in 1779. We hid. It was a dark night. About two hun- -dred horse passed, and then at some distance came the infantry. I don't know - Hufeland Index Page 660 - whether they advanced at this time through White Plains or by way of Tarrytown. Colonel Armand lay with his legion once or twice at Jacob Ryders in Ossining about seven miles from Tarrytown.

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