He was a brave soldier and putting up a fence which had been let down to drive the cattle through when he was killed by a musket ball shot. Lieut. Josiah Smith was wounded on the hand. A Refugee presented his gun at his breast which he put aside with his hand at the muzzle. It was discharged and shot his thumb off. Ensign Joseph Cutler (afterwards of Tarrytown) was wounded in the leg, and Quarter master Campbell was wounded in the knee. The scout consisted of about twenty, and every one was wounded except Whiting who was
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killed. The scout were all taken and the officers paroled. This (I think) took place at Hog- -penridge near Rye. Capt. Ebenezer Jones was born about the year 1750, and died about 15 or 20 years ago at Troy to which place he removed some years (ten years or so) after the war. Troy at the time was just founded. My brother in law Samuel Hutton of Stamford owned the horse which was shot from under Colonel Humphreys at Greenwich Point in the year . This was a very fine mare, and Col. Humphreys trained her to leap over walls, &c. Once when the Refugees came up to Horseneck the cannon was drawn into a field of grain, concealed and saved. I think Major Fitch commanded at Horseneck at this time. One of Mosiers men was from the town of Stamford. His name was Moses Schofield. Capt. Fowler's affair?