10 passages in 5 source items for “Orser surprise”
Macdonald, John MacLean. The Westchester Guides in the War of the Revolution. Paper read at the New-York Historical Society, May 4, 1852; re-read Nov 3, 1863 and May 4, 1897. Published as The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 3 in Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. IV. 1925-26.
…No sentinel was posted to guard against surprise, and the men, their tour of voluntary service having now drawn almost to a close, felt no longer a disposition to obey. Captain Williams and Odell alone remained upon the alert. The…
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Raymond, Marcius D., editor and publisher. Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, N.Y., October 19th, 1894. Tarrytown, NY, 1894.
…The enemy then halted, and we
passed through Tarry town and Sing Sing without molestation, being
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no longer pursued. Those of our party who were from Salem and
Stephentowii, wishing to take…
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Macdonald, John MacLean. The McDonald Papers, Part I: Index. Publications of the WCHS, Vol. IV. 1925-26.
…Jonas, 37, 38
Orser's house, on the North River, surprise of volunteer troop by refugee corps at, 82-4
Oswald, Lieut.-Col. Eleazer, in pur-suit of British in their retreat from Danbury, 115, 117, 124; in the French…
Shonnard, Frederic, and W.W. Spooner. History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900. New York: The New York History Company, 1900.
…the surprise at
to New York city. 608, 621. Ann-Hoock, 27. 92, 115. Anthony's Nose. 2. 4. 8, 5.",. 310, 341. 415.
Orser's (January. 1782), 517; American attacks
on Morrisania (17s2i. 518. Bayard, Nicholas. 168, 204, 205…
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History of Westchester County, New York, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1900 §1276
— …the
surprise at
to New York city. 608, 621. Ann-Hoock, 27. 92, 115. Anthony's Nose. 2. 4. 8, 5.",. 310, 341. 415.
Orser's (January. 1782), 517; American attacks
on Morrisania (17s2i. 518. Bayard, Nicholas. 168, 204, 205…
Macdonald, John MacLean. The Operations and Skirmishes of the British and American Armies in 1776, Before the Battle of White Plains. Paper read at the New-York Historical Society, October 7, 1862, in the author's absence, by George H. Moore, Society librarian. Published as The McDonald Papers, Part I, Chapter 1 in Publications of the Westchester County Historical Society, Vol. IV. White Plains, NY: WCHS, 1925-26.
…As captain of their company, they unanimously made choice of Jonas Orser's better half, a woman of undaunted resolution who ruled her own household and influenced her neighbor-hood. Placing herself at the head of her forces, she at…