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Interview with Odell, Jackson

Macdonald, John. Interview with Odell, Jackson, 1792-1849; (1845-10-03). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 891. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States). Passage 2 of 2 215 words

My father said that Barton, Lawrence Smith and Vincent were fool- -ish boys who were so rash as to attack a company of Refugee horse, and lost their lives in consequence. The spot where the right wing of the American Army came in sight of the British columns marching wes- -terly, when the former was retreating to White Plains, the 27th of October 1776, with their baggage &c, on the Tuckeyhoe road, must have been near the Tuckeyhoe Church, and nearly opposite Ward's house. Perhaps a little above

- Hufeland Index Page 199 -

or below, there being a cross road within a mile of Ward's house, both north and south (?) It was in 1776 and General Vaughan encamped at Odell's Hill.

The spot where the right wing of the American Army came in sight of the British columns marching wes- -terly, when the former was retreating to White Plains, the 27th of October 1776, with their baggage &c, on the Tuckeyhoe road, must have been near the Tuckeyhoe Church, and nearly opposite Ward's house. Perhaps a little above - Hufeland Index Page 199 - or below, there being a cross road within a mile of Ward's house, both north and south (?) It was in 1776 and General Vaughan encamped at Odell's Hill.

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