Macdonald, John. Interview with DeVoe, Joshua; (1847-09-04). John M. McDonald Interviews, 1844-1851, WCHS item 594. Westchester County Historical Society. Transcribed by history.croton.news April 2026.
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11. Sept. 4th Joshua DeVoe of
Greenburgh, aged ninety. May last: "Immediately
after Champanvis' death, Major Thomas
Strang of Peekskill, with 200 or 300 men
went down to Mile square at Frederick
Riche's where there was a ball, and fired
in at the windows while the company were
on the floor. I was wounded in the right
heel. (He showed the scar) Musket balls
passed through the petticoats of t…