We were detained prisoners till the 27th or 28th of April, that is, three months. Odell rode during most of the war a very fine grey horse presented to him by Governor Van Courtland, which he lost in the surprise at Or- -sers but afterwards recovered, the animal returning to the farm where he was raised. George M.Chain was the only man killed, and was with me on the banks of the Hudson river where the Refugees came up to us. They gave me quarter, but refused
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him of it tho he begged hard. They shot him and cut his body in pieces. The reason assigned for this barbarity was that he had burnt the dwellings and barns belonging to some of the Refugees and had attempted to set fire to Colonel Delancey's."
George M.Chain was the only man killed, and was with me on the banks of the Hudson river where the Refugees came up to us. They gave me quarter, but refused - Hufeland Index Page 172 - him of it tho he begged hard. They shot him and cut his body in pieces. The reason assigned for this barbarity was that he had burnt the dwellings and barns belonging to some of the Refugees and had attempted to set fire to Colonel Delancey's."