He wheeled about with his command and retreated the Brit- -ish following at full speed gallop, shout- -ing and screeching: "Surrender! You dammed Rebels, surrender! &c. In this way they entered Poundridge. Sheldon's [party] seeing themselves out numbered and being surprised wheeled and retreated South upon the Stanford road the British following and charging whenever they could. When they came to where the Canaan road turns off, Major Lockwood took the Canaan road and part of Sheldon's
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followed him, the rest still retreating on the Stamford road. There were many fights along the wood. There was a private in Sheldon's named Buckhout who was called upon repeatedly to sur- -render but refused. The dragoon threatened to shoot but he still refused. At last the dragoon fired exclaiming: "There you dammed Rebel! - A little more and I would have shot you dead!" The ball had just grazed his cheek. Buckhout instantly and promptly replied: "Yes, damn you! And a little more and you would not have hit me at all!" [X] General
[[X] Nov. 2. 1848. Ezra Lockwood informs me that when Tarleton's horse pursued Sheldon's at Poundridge, on 2d. July 1779, a British dragoon got near one Hoyt of Sheldon's and was very vociferous, cursing Hoyt and calling on him as a damned rebel to surren- -der &c, where upon Hoyt, turning in his saddle, fetched a back stroke which passed thro' his pursuer's mouth cutting his face nearly in two parts from ear to ear, and putting an effectual end to his cries and execrations! J.M.M]