When Shube Merritt lost his hand and the surgeon was dressing his wound, a young lad, an American, soldier at that time in the service, expressed a desire to see a Refugee, and went where Shube was, but fainted at the sight. Shube exclaimed, "You are a d--d poor soldier if you faint away at the sight of a little British blood!" There was a regular bridge at Sherwoods's over Byram river built long before the Revolu- -tionary war. David Lyon (brother to Daniel who married Shube Merritt's sister) went below and joined Emmerick's corps. He piloted
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a party up once who cut off the guard at Sherwood's Bridge. The Refugees for the most part came up in the night. It was night when they attacked Sherwood's Bridge generally.
Shube exclaimed, "You are a d--d poor soldier if you faint away at the sight of a little British blood!" There was a regular bridge at Sherwoods's over Byram river built long before the Revolu- -tionary war. David Lyon (brother to Daniel who married Shube Merritt's sister) went below and joined Emmerick's corps. He piloted - Hufeland Index Page 985 - a party up once who cut off the guard at Sherwood's Bridge. The Refugees for the most part came up in the night. It was night when they attacked Sherwood's Bridge generally.