. The battle of Pell's Point (or Pelham) October 18, 1776. Being the story of a stubborn fight. With a map, and illustrations from original photographs and family portraits. 3 would be about where the City Island road comesinto the Shore Road. • Glover. 2 The resistance at Pells Point was characterized by a persistency of purposeand a stubbornness of hand-to-hand lighting which kept his (Washingtons) mainarmy practically intact. Carrinoton (Washington the Soldier, p. qi). 3 The map on which the others of that period have been based, is by theBritish engineer Sauthier. I have used it in part fo
. The battle of Pell's Point (or Pelham) October 18, 1776. Being the story of a stubborn fight. With a map, and illustrations from original photographs and family portraits. 3 would be about where the City Island road comesinto the Shore Road. • Glover. 2 The resistance at Pells Point was characterized by a persistency of purposeand a stubbornness of hand-to-hand lighting which kept his (Washingtons) mainarmy practically intact. Carrinoton (Washington the Soldier, p. qi). 3 The map on which the others of that period have been based, is by theBritish engineer Sauthier. I have used it in part for making my own, but havecorrected its errors, such as placing the scene of battle further north, within thelimits of New Rochelle, not Pelham. He has made so many errors in other partsas to be open to correction in this instance. Dawson points out that on theHudson River side he put Yonkers several miles too far north, and made othererrors, which make it evident that he similarly misplaced the spot with whichwe are concerned. The correct location of the scene of battle is determinable bytwo widely separated points: the bridge over the Hutchinson River, and Glovers. As Glovers Rock is just a mile from the end of Pells Point,either the Colonel miscalculated the distance or the British re-treated half a mile on meeting his force. The former is themore likely; exact calculation is the forte of but few men,especially when going into battle. The great glacial boulder, about twelve feet high, whichis known as Glovers Rock, stands on the south side of the Rock, on the Pells Point road. The first is not hard to identify, as it was thenthe only bridge over the stream (for the modern Boston Post Road did notthen exist, and hence had no bridge). The allusion of Colonel Glover in hisletter, to a run of water and to the bridge planks taken up in the morning,further identify the spot, as does President Stiles reference to a short piece of road from Wolfs Lane to the bridge is
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