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Comprehensive histories of the county and Town of Cortlandt
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] North of the house rises Gallows Hill, where Palmer, the spy, was hung. From this point the party proceeded on their way to West Point, from whence Andre was con-veyed by water to King's Ferry, and then to Tappan, the headqu…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] On the farm lately occupied by Jacob Strang, three miles east of Peekskill, on Crompond road, lived for a number of years John Paulding, one of the captors of Major Andre. His descendants are numer-ous in the town of Cortlan…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The conquest of this territory having been accomplished without bloodshed, Colonel Nichols took measures to bring the several counties under the English form of government. Henry Pawling was sent to Ulster County, where he b…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] in more thau moderate circumstances. He was the first supervisor of the town of Greenburgh, elected under the State laws in 1788. William acquired wealth at a seafaring life, and a short time prior to the Revolution erected …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] have motioned quietly to Paulding to pass out, which he promptly did. He made his way to the North River, where he found a boat on which he crossed to the New Jersey side, and soon was safe in the Amer-ican camp. He was furn…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The cere-monies in connection with the erection of a monu-ment over his grave by the corporation of New York have been noticed in the description elsewhere given ' of the cemetery. CORTLANDT. 375 In politics, in which he too…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] by him to the end of the war.1 From this time until the summer of 1781 he was kept busy by the raids of the enemy and in " grand forages " which he frequently made for stores and provender. In the summer of 1781 plans were m…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] I passed [on his way north] through another Peeks-kill [old village],2 where the Americans have their magazines and their arsenals. Here are large wooden barracks, built recently, situated between two ranges of mountains. Th…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At the end of the dinner the cloth was removed and some Madeira wine was brought, which was passed around whilst drinking the health to the King of France, the French army, etc." We find also the following extract worthy of …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was here, in November, 1776, that Charles Lee came after the failure of his brilliant scheme to entrap Rofers, the renegade, and here he hatl the difficulty with General Heath, told of by the latter n his memoirs. * St. P…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Clair; the Connecti-cut troops, a division under Major-General McDougall, these two divisions to form the right wing, under Ma-jor-General Gates; the New Hampshire brigade and 1st Brigade of Massachusetts to form a division,…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] " 3 By the 18th the entire French army was across the river and in camp south of Peekskill. On the 2mh they were reviewed by General Washington, and on the 21st the Anieri-i OutpMd or Drum Hill. > Hfiith'N ' Memoirs. " ' Thn…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The number of men furnished by the town of Cort-landt under the call of the President of the United States, on April 16, 1861, for seventy-five thousand militia, and the act of Congres of July 22, 1861, call-ing out five hun…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] It was attached to the First Regiment of Sickles' brigade (the Seventieth New York Vol-, uuteers) and was stationed at Camp Scott, Staten Island. Owing to trouble with the lieuten-ant-colonel, who was acting colonel of the r…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Meetings of the Association were held weekly through-out the war, and large supplies of lint, bandages, clothing and other articles were prepared and sent away by them. May 8, 1861, a company of twenty volunteers, un-der com…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] dred and Sixty-eighth Regiment New York State ii.— 35 Volunteers); 12 in the Excelsior Regiment, Sickles' brigade, and others in the Fifty-third Regiment, the Thirteenth Regiment of New Jersey, Swain's Cavalry, the Ironside …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The cost of procuring these forty-nine men was $24,017, of which $5600 was paid by persons drafted and obtaining substitutes. The bonds of the town were issued to the extent of $20,000 to meet the expense of filling the quot…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] $192,776; tax collected in 1862, $17,000; paid by individuals towards procuring substitutes, $52,500; expended in relieving families of soldiers, $5700 — total, $267,976. On the last call the sum expended was $60,930, making…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Y., to serve for two years, and it was while it was stationed there that Jeremiah Murden, one of the Peekskill members of Company "A," was brutally murdered. He was the first soldier from the town of Cortlandt who was killed…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The first persons to join Hawkins' Zouaves from the town of Cortlandt, and very probably the first to leave Peekskill to join any regiment, were George E. Craft and John Hughes, who departed for New Y'ork City April 16, 1861…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Bailey, of Carmel, Putnam County, who held the position from February 13, 1802, till September 2, 1802. His successors were Edward W. Andrews (until March 12, 1803), Frank H. Cowdry (until April 20, 1804) and George H. Evere…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Paulding, of Peekskill, became his successor. George H. Crawford was then captain from December 20, 1803, until discharged (July 23, 1804) at the expiration of the period of enlistment. These companies participated with the …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The company participated with the regiment in the following battles : Wapping Heights, Va., July 23, 1803; Laurel Hill (Wilderness), Va., May 0,1804; Todd's Tavern (Wilderness), Va., May 7, 1804; I'.. River, Va.„May 12, 1804…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] tian character made him very much beloved by his soldiers. He was wounded in the foot at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1804, and died from the effects on the 10th of January, 1805, at Yonkers. Harris Light Cava…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Va., near Appomattox Court-House, on April 9, 1865, the day upon which Lee surrendered. The Nineteenth Regiment of Militia of the State of New York was ordered out for three months from May until August, 1862, and was accomp…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] as deserters, they proved they had left the regiment with the knowledge and approval of the captain, who was punished for his error by imprisonment. On the 3d of Ju'y, 1864, the Eighteenth Regiment of Militia were ordered ou…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] After remaining for some time in the receiving-ship li Y'ermont " at New York, they were taken to Hampton Roads, Va., and distri-I buted among various vessels, the " Santiago de Cuba " receiving six, and the " Red Rover," th…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Company A, private 1". CorneCruger, wounded ot Cedar Crock and died at Winchester, Va. Company A. private I>avid A. Lent, wounded at CcdarCreek and died in hospital. Company A. Corpo™1 Henry M. Cillett, killed in action ut C…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 382 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Private.Joseph Conklin, killed in action. Private John Boice, killed in action. Private James Cuniniings, died in service. Anthony's Nose. — Located in the extreme north-western corner of t…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] being accounted of excellent flavor, excepting about the wound, where it smacked a little of brimstone; and this, on my veracity, was the first time that ever sturgeon was eaten in these parts by Christian peo-ple. " When th…