Tompkins, Caleb Recollections - Prepared by Hufeland

Luther Kinnicutt who was acting as spy for the Americans, was on the neck at the time + he, with one Robert Simmons (who had been a Refugee Lieut, but had taken disgust + come back to the Americans) endeav= ored to secrete these men. They built them up in a very wide stone wall near the water side, where they remained 2 or 3 days. Kinnicutt + Simmons laid sedge along the sides of the wall and fed them privately through the holes in the wall. At length Ferris said there was a place at the upper end of the neck that was fordable at low tide. Kinnicutt + Simmons then let them out of the wall + they went as privately as possible There, took off their clothes, bundled them up, put them on their heads + forded the creek over to Pelham, where they were able obliged to conceal themselves 2 or three days before they entirely escaped.

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Attack on Col Greene Col Greene (a stout athletic southerner) was stationed with his regiment a little below Pines Bridge. Col Delancey with his regiment of Tory refugees, accom= panied by British troops marched up with a view of surprising Greene, which they did, he not being sufficiently on his guard. Major Flagg of Greenes regiment, had retired; hear= ing the noise he got up + sitting on the bedside dis= charged a pistol through the window. Those without fired through the window + killed Major Flagg who fell back on the bed. Col Green had 5 or 6 negro waiters. The enemy (as they were called) attempted to force the door open; Greene and his negroes tried to prevent them. The enemy got the door open so that one of their men put his arm through, which Greene seized + broke it across the edge of the door.