on
Chatterdon's Hill, a little advanced of the White Plains, a few
days after the main body of the army abandoned New York. This
battle is memorable in the history of our country; and the
regiment to which I belonged received the particular thanks of
General Washington, in his public orders, for its bravery and
good conduct on the occasion. It was particularly distinguished
from all the other troops engaged in the action. I received a
slight wound by a musket ball in my side, but it did not
prevent me from remaining at the head of my company.

"I was in the battle of Trenton, when the Hessians were taken,
in December, 1776; and, being one of the youngest captains in
the army, was promoted by General Washington the day after the
battle, to a majority, for my conduct on that occasion. The 1st
of January, 1777, I was in the battle of Princeton. In the
campaign of the same year, the regiment to which I belonged
served in the northern army. I was early in the spring ordered
to Ticonderoga, and commanded the regiment (being the senior
officer present) under General St. Clair, and I was with that
officer in his retreat from that post.

"After General St. Clair's army formed a junction with General
Schuyler's army on the North River, at Fort Edward, the
regiment to which I belonged was detached, and marched to Fort
Schuyler, and relieved that post, which was besieged by General
St. Leger.

"On the retreat of General Schuyler's army from Fort Edward, I
commanded the rear guard of the army; and, being two miles in
the rear, was attacked by a large body of British troops and
Indians at daylight in the morning, in which action were killed
and wounded between thirty and forty of my guard. And I
received the particular thanks of General Schuyler for my
conduct on the occasion.

"I was in the two memorable battles, on the 19th of September
and the 7th of October, on Bemis' heights, against General
Burgoyne's army, previous to its surrender. In the action of
the 19th of September, I commanded a detachment of three
hundred men, who fought the principal part of the afternoon,
and more than one half of them were killed or wounded.

"On the 7th of October, I likewise commanded a detachment from
the brigade which assisted in attacking the enemy on the left
of our position, de