. Camp-fires of the revolution : or, The war of independence. GERMANTOWN. Towards the close of a pleasant day, in the autumnof 1777, there might have been seen, sitting by a fire,in the camp at Germantown, three veteran officers ofthe American army. One appeared, by his attitudeand gestures, to be entertaining the other two with arecital of some adventure which he had us listen to their conversation. Ah! said Captain Peterson, the narrator, Iremember him well — that brave young soldier, Ar-thur Stewart. I will tell you what I know of hishistory; it will serve to pass away the tim
. Camp-fires of the revolution : or, The war of independence. GERMANTOWN. Towards the close of a pleasant day, in the autumnof 1777, there might have been seen, sitting by a fire,in the camp at Germantown, three veteran officers ofthe American army. One appeared, by his attitudeand gestures, to be entertaining the other two with arecital of some adventure which he had us listen to their conversation. Ah! said Captain Peterson, the narrator, Iremember him well — that brave young soldier, Ar-thur Stewart. I will tell you what I know of hishistory; it will serve to pass away the time. His companions drew their camp-stools nearer thefire, evidently expecting a rare treat; for CaptainPeterson was celebrated for his good stories, and wasas fond of spinning a long yarn, as a sailor; buthis narratives were generally strictly true. Arthur Stewart, poor boy, began the Captain, was born and reared in the old Bay State — a Stateworthy to claim such a native. He manifested, veryearly in life, a fearless and warlike disposition. He (144) pil. iiJi: (>Fii(i:i;s cakoi sim; at \ i;i;i1, a xcks i(»i.\i THE CAMP-FIRE AT GERMANTOWN. 145 accordingly joined a company of volunteers, at thebeginning of the war, in the year 75, and is in thearmy now, I believe, but I cant tell where he isstationed. When he first enlisted, he was in thatdivision of the army, which was under the commandof General Putnam. Captain Wetherbe commandedthe company to which he belonged. The captainwell understood the warlike merits of the stripling;but Stewart was not personally known to Putnam —indeed, it would have been mere luck and chance, ifhe had been. He had already signalized himself intwo or three hard-fought battles; and, but for hisextreme youth, would, at the time of which I amabout to speak, have been promoted to the rank ofensign, or lieutenant. The incidents which I amabout to relate, occurred just on the eve of the battleat White Plains. The British army was encamped within tw
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