These whortleberry bushes were by or near to the public highway (that is, the Crompond and Pines Bridge road). They soon after took the bodies of the dead officers and buried them with the honors of war in Crompond church yard, depositing the remains of Greene and Flagg, and, I believe, those of the rash young lieutenant in one common grave. The widow of Colonel Greene was present at this ceremony which was conducted with great pomp, a large
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number of the military as well as of citizens moving in procession, while the bands played in most solemn airs for the dead march, &c. Ensign Greene commanding the guard at Pines Bridge was a nephew of the Colonel. After all the circumstances of the surprise of Davenport's house came to be known and understood, Colonel DeLancey and the Refugees were not blamed. The impetuosity and indis- -cretion of a single individual caused probably all the bloodshed at my grandfather's. The young lieutenant atoned for his error by fighting bravely to the last."
number of the military as well as of citizens moving in procession, while the bands played in most solemn airs for the dead march, &c. Ensign Greene commanding the guard at Pines Bridge was a nephew of the Colonel. After all the circumstances of the surprise of Davenport's house came to be known and understood, Colonel DeLancey and the Refugees were not blamed. The impetuosity and indis- -cretion of a single individual caused probably all the bloodshed at my grandfather's. The young lieutenant atoned for his error by fighting bravely to the last."