Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; (1848). Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews, WCHS item 1433. Transcription courtesy of the Westchester County Historical Society (No copyright - United States).

- Hufeland Index Page 672 - Andrew Corsa of Fordham. "I am eighty seven years old, and served as an American Guide several times during the war of Independence. DeLancey's and Bearmore's troops were under British pay. Bearmore was not Major under DeLancey. DeLancey did not come forward as commander until after Bearmore's death. My father's cousin Colonel Isaac Corsa of …

We (that is, the guides) halted, but Washington and Rochambeau went on just as before. We then guided the army to near Kingsbridge through the fields of Fordham nearly in a direct line. Rocham- -beau was a small man - Lauzun a thick set, stout man, more like a Dutchman. I knew Captain Althouse of Em- -merick's. He had a son named John. - When Emmerick was a little by the head …

The old Mill on Mill Bridge, I think, is a quarter of a mile below James Morris's gate or thereabouts. I don't recollect the burning of the Refugee settlement, or where it was, or the sites of Redoubts Nos. 1. 2. 3. & 4. Williams's Bridge is northeast of Kingsbridge. I don't remember the uniform of Em- -merick's, Barnes's, or Althouse's, nor any thing about Captain Pray …