Item 718: Interview with Beagle, Mary Date: 1848-10-19 Interviewee: Beagle, Mary; People mentioned: Flagg, Ebenezer, 1747-1781; Greene, Christopher, 1737-1781; Locations: Westchester County - New York; Yorktown (Town) - Westchester County - New York; Manuscript source: Hufeland Mss. Book 1. Vol. 5, pg. 730. Matched keyword: Pines Bridge URL: https://collections.westchestergov.com/digital/collection/mcdonald/id/718

Archivist summary: Mary Beagle may actually be Mary Bedell. She briefly describes the Battle of Pines Bridge and notes that the Black enlisted men of the American 1st Rhode Island Regiment suffered heavy casualties. She recalls that Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg, the officers of the regiment who were killed during the battle, were buried in a “splendid military funeral” at the First Presbyterian Church of Yorktown a few days after the battle. She concludes by recalling the discipline of the French army during their encampments in present-day Yorktown in August 1781 and September-October 1782.