Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-05-10

Virginia fence near me, one struck small
Vhte oak tree, behind which stood. Though
it hit higher than my head, fled from the tree,
thinking it might be aimed at again. We Skin
mishers run back, till we met large body of
Starks men, then faced about l soon started
for brook, saw few rods behind, for | had
drank nothing all day, and should have died with
thirst, had / not che,ced bullet all the time.
had not gene rod when was stopped by an
officer, sword in hand, and ready to cut me down
as runaway, On my complaining of thirst, he
handed me his canteen, which was full of rum.
drank and forgot my thirst.
"But the enemy oHtfanked us, and said to
a comrade, we must run or they will have u.s.
He said, Il will have one more fire first At
that moment Major on black horse rode along
behind US, shouting Fight on boys; reinforce
ments are close by While he was yet speaking
a grape shot went through his horses head and
knocked out two teeth. 1t bled good deal, but
the Major kept his seat and spurred on to en-
ner's men coming to help us. They opened
right and left on us, and half of them attacked
each flank OF the enemy, and beat back those
who were just closing around us. Stark's men
now took heart and stood their ground. My
gun-bar-el was by this time too hot to hold, so
secized the musket ola dead Hessian, in which
nv bullets went down easier than in my own-
Right in front were the cannon, and seeing
nm officer on horseback, waving his sword
to the artillerymen, fired OF him twice.
His horse fell. He cut the traces of an artillery
horse, mounted him and rode off. | afterwards
heard that that officer was Maj, Skeene.
Soon the Germans ran and we followed. Ma
ny Of them threw down their guns on the ground
or offered them to US, or kneeled some in pud-
brrtder pushed him behind me and rushed on
All those near me did so. The enemy beat a
parley, minded to give up, but our men did moi
understand it. came to one wounded man, flat
on the ground, crying ,VGter or quarter. | then
Immediately snatched bis sword out of the
scabbarb, and while l ran on, and fred
carried it in my mouth, thinking might need it
The Germans fled by the road and in wood
each side of it. Many of the scabbards caught
in the brush and held the fugitives till we seized
them. We chased them till dark. Col. John.
son Of I1averhill wanted to chase them all night
Had we done SO, we might have mastered then
all, for they stopped within three miles of the
battle field. But Stark, saying he would run nj
risk of spelling good days work. ordered q
halt and return to quarters
81 was coming back, when ordered by Stark
himself who knew me, as had been one of his
body guard in Canada, to help draw off field
piece. | told him was worn out. His answer
was: "Don't seem to disobey; take hold, ant
ifyou cannot hold out, slip away in the DARK
Before we had dragged the gun far, Warner
rode near US. Some one pointing to dead mar
near the way side, said to him: "Your brothe
is killed." as it Jesse !" asked Warner; ant
when the answer was, Yes, he jumped off hi.
horse, stopped and gazed in the dead mans face
and then rode away without saying a word. Or
my way back, got the belt of the Hessiar
whose sword had taken in the pursuit. | also
found BARRIERS pack, but was obliged to give
! up all my fpdiEgst til the. booty was divided
TO the beseS0f my remembrance, my share was
four dollars and some odd cents. One tory with
hisleft eye shot out, was led by me, mounted or
horse who had also lost his left eye. 1t seems
cruel now,-it did not then.
"My company lay down and slept in a corn
field near where we had fought each man hav
ing hill of corn for his pillow. When waket
next morning was SO beaten out could no
getup till had rolledabout good while. AT
ter breakfast went to see them bury the dead
saw thirteen tories, mostly slot through tn
head, buried in one hole. Not more than ro
from where fought, we found Captain McCar
dead and stripped naked. We scraped hol
with sticks and Just covered him with earth
We saw many of the wounded who had lAi
out all night. Afterwards we went TO Benning
ton and saw the prisoners paraded. They wer
drawn up in one long line, the British foremos
then the Waldechers, next the Indians, an
hindmost the tories"
The old man from whose lips wrote the fore
going narrative, has been tetotaller for seve
raj years, though he was long an nebriate.-
When surprised him in his sequestered abode
found him busy with book in large print ell
titled the 'Consolations of Religion If til
gentlemen | have the honor to address, whe
they separate and seek their homes, will cafe
chise the veterans they know, and write out an
print their revelations, more vivid and minut
description Of our most famous battle than is We
dreamed Of will be their reward.
*The cannon were laid on platform between
the speaker and his audience.
life by bis son, $50, 265.
THE loss of ammunition is described by Bur
goyne as happening in the second battle.
Anbury l, 800. According to Burgoyn
Droymann was 81 hours in marching "a miles
San ingenius argument in regard to the que
ton whether Warner was in the first battle, mi
be seen in the life of Warner, by the Hon.
Chipman now in press.