. 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. fficer). He afterwards became Major in ColonelDavid Henleys regiment. * Howe, in his despatch to Lord George Germaine, calls them Bend-stonewalls—a term unknown to me. 3 The first shots were probably fired by 7 a. m. Glovers very early isindefinite, but Hutchins Almanack (published by Hugh Gaine) for 1776, givessunrise that day as at 0:32 and sunset at 5:28. * Lossing says Glovers regiment wore blue cloth round jackets and
. 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. fficer). He afterwards became Major in ColonelDavid Henleys regiment. * Howe, in his despatch to Lord George Germaine, calls them Bend-stonewalls—a term unknown to me. 3 The first shots were probably fired by 7 a. m. Glovers very early isindefinite, but Hutchins Almanack (published by Hugh Gaine) for 1776, givessunrise that day as at 0:32 and sunset at 5:28. * Lossing says Glovers regiment wore blue cloth round jackets and trousers, anautical dress appropriate to the amphibious regiment. Still his descriptiondoes not agree with Russells uniform as shown on the statue, opposite page [<;. It should be remembered that few of Washingtons soldiers were uniformed atthat time, and those that were, were variously dressed. Colonel Von Heeringen (see post) says of those he met at the battle of LongIsland: hardly one regiment was uniformed. The same state of things existedin Gates army at Saratoga a year later. Mr. F. D. Stone, librarian of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, said in an. ? / \>^£1 I While impossible to definitely fix the position held by eachregiment, Glover states clearly that Colonel Reads held themost advanced—eastern—position on the left of the ,8 similarly situated, was on the other side, and in address (180=;): At Brandywine no two were dressed alike. Just before thesame battle, Lafayette said the troops were ill-armed and still worse clad. It must be said, however, that then a years hard campaigning had passedsince 1776, and this might account for the poor clothing. •Joseph Read was born in Uxbridge, Mass., March 6, 1711. His regiment—Thirteenth Massachusetts—is the only one mentioned as carry-ing a flag. Force (Archives, Series V, Vol. II, p. 244) says its ground was lightbuff, device a pine-tree and Indian corn, and two officers in the regimenta
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