The History of New Bedford Bristol County Massachusetts Including a History
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Here we joined Col. Patterson's bri- gade under Gen. Schuyler, who had retreated from Ticonderoga. Soon after our* arrival at Stillwater, the com- mand was transferred to Gen. Grates, under whom we tflok up our line of march for the army at Sar- atoga. During the action which ensued soon after our ar- rival, October, 1777, 1 fired thirty rounds, and at one time my gun became so hot that I was unable to hold it in my hands. I threw it down, and taking up another, for they were to be picked up in... any part of the field, performed my duty until sunset. The action commenced about ten o'clock in the fore- noon. After the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, our men, being weary, disposed themselves at pleasure, some upon the green-sward and some on the meeting- house steps. As I sat there resting on my gun, I was much amused at the conduct of the British soldiers, who, being no longer under the control Digitized by Google 218 of their general, committed every kind of indecency and mad prank they could devise while marching down the hill, tripping up each other's heels, knock* ing off hats, &c.
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