A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 43 (part 4)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] The enemy, the same day, took possession of the village, and remained close in their quarters until the next day in the afternoon, when a party of them, consisting of about 200 men, possessed themselves of a height a little south of Cortlandt's. The general having received a reinforcement from Col. Gansevoort's regiment, of about 80 men, under the command of Lieut. Col. Willet, permitted them to attempt to dispossess the enemy from that eminence. Col. Willet having accordingly made the necessary disposition, advanced with his small party with the great-est firmness and resolution, and made the attack. The enemy instantly f!ed with the greatest precipitation, leaving three men dead on the field, and the 78 HISTORY OF THE