[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The enemy were not able to carry off any of the stores left behind in Peekskill, and were only supplied with about forty sheep and eight or ten head of cattle by the Tories. They burnt some houses and plundered the inhabitants of what could be conveniently carried away. Irving says that " 9 of the marauders were killed " and " four more slain on the banks of Canopus Creek a they were setting lire to the boats." On Hillside Avenue, a little to the north of its junction with Highland Avenue, in the village of Peekskill, and almost hidden from view beneath a wall, is the spring known as the " Soldier's Spring." According to an article which appeared in the Westchester and Putnam Republican, of Peekskill, in August, 1838, the name was derived from the follow-ing incident: A body of British made a descent upon Peekskill (probably the one which occurred in March, 1777), and after driving out the American troops, occupied Drum Hill, and commenced to can-nonade them on their retreat with two small field-pieces. A soldier who stopped fur a moment to drink from the spring was struck by a ball and his thigh shattered. He lay bleeding until picked up by a p;i>s-ing wagon, and was taken to Fisbkili, where he died. Another version of the story is to the effect that he '-Probably Gallows Hill. The location of the barracks anil store-houses is Dot definitely known. In 1781 they were located at the old village; the latter had been but recently constructed. (See description from