When the party came near, Lounsberry fired upon them but did no injury; some of the party returned the fire and wounded one Bloomer Nelson in the knee. Lounsberry ran off, Floods singled him out, pursued, came up with him, and ordered him to surrender; he refused and fought Floods with his gun. Floods run him through with his bayonet and in his breeches pocket were found his enlisting orders. Samuel Haines, Jacob Schureman, Joseph Turner + Bloomer Nelson were taken prisoner. Lounsberry was the first person killed in Westchester County
Col Odells combat on the ice at Sing-Sing The guides and militia being no organized corps, but *volinteers/volunteers*, whenever they went on an expedition, put themselves under the command of Capt Daniel Williams a brave + prudent officer, who after the war was appointed Col of a regiment of militia to which I belonged + was Capt of a company in the same Williams informed me he could always command the militia horse very well, going down
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to Westchester + Morrisania (where Delancey regiment of refugees were stationed + while there) but in returning one wanted to stop to see one friend, another, another friend, some could stop to get a drink of cider, others a drink of buttermilk &c that it was very difficult to get them along. Some time in the winter of 1781 or 82 a party of these guides + militia horse, under the command of Capt Williams went down to West chester + took a number of swords + pistols and returned as far as Sing Sing, where they insisted on stopping to get some refreshment + feed their horses. Williams urged them to go on about 3 miles, where some Continental troops were and where they would be out of danger, as they would certainly be followed up by the lower party of refugees.