[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. " ' ThnU tier's " Military Journal." cans manoeuvred in the presence of the French. Rochambeau marched on the 24th with his troops to Crompond, where they remained until October 22d. During the march there was an exchange of civilities between the officers. The old inhabitants of two gen-erations back used to tell of seeing Washington and staff passing back and forth. Cold weather setting in, the American army returned to West Point and New Windsor, October 26th and 27th, where they spent the winter. The Civil War. — The town of Cortlandt lays claim to having provided more color-bearers for the United States service during the Civil War than any other town along the Hudson River. The quotas assigned to it under the various calls for troops were filled promptly. There were, however, numbers of those persons who were opposed to the war in the town, and between them and those of the opposite opinions the feeling was bitter to a degree that was probably not surpassed elsewhere in the country.