This was in the presence of Mrs. Garret Dyckman. This man's name was James Foskey. Colonel [X1] Cushing's party on the re- -treat from Morrisania passed up the Sprain road to McChain's where it ter- -minates, and then took to the fields where, in order to gain the Saw Mill river road, they had to pass some long sloping ground, near called Van Tafael's Hill or Van Tafael's [X2] slope, favorable to a cavalry charge
[X1] Capt
[X2] Van Tassel
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which Mr, Dyckman said he momently expected. Colonel Hammond told me that Emmerick was surprised upon some occasion at the corner of a word, which stands on the north side of the (Sprain) Saw Mill (?) road, about one mile south west of Young's house (?) Infantry attack upon Donop and Mertz in Edgar's Lane. The principal guide was Isaac Odell (a cousin of Colonel John Odell [Uck] who caharged along with Major Lee. - It was the same Odell, generally called Uck Odell, who was taken at Versailles. He was a guide).
Colonel Hammond told me that Emmerick was surprised upon some occasion at the corner of a word, which stands on the north side of the (Sprain) Saw Mill (?) road, about one mile south west of Young's house (?) Infantry attack upon Donop and Mertz in Edgar's Lane. The principal guide was Isaac Odell (a cousin of Colonel John Odell [Uck] who caharged along with Major Lee. - It was the same Odell, generally called Uck Odell, who was taken at Versailles. He was a guide).