Macdonald, John. Interview with Corsa, Andrew, 1762-1852; Valentine, Dennis; (1844). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 1930. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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Andrew Corsa cont.
119.
of the Americans under Hull and
Parsons near No 8. This brook runs
through Andrew Corsa's farm. It
passes through the middle of the
Refugee's settlement. It is apt to be
swelled in the winter. It commences
about a mile above Mr Andrew
Corsa's. Robert Hunt's about three
quarters of a mile below West
Farms. Mr Leggett's nearly two
miles below.
Andrew Corsa & Dennis V…
The battle between Lincoln and
Trueschenck (?) began near Phillips's. The Hessians retreated gradually to
Tatard's Hill. The Refugees then drove
Washington's troops and took Courtland's
Mill, and then the Yagers retreated across
the Creek, by way of the Lower shore. Colonel Simcoe was a little (slightly)
round shouldered, and was a very strong
man and good horseman. John Pine and
Peter Pine, guide…