Benjamin Tallmadge A.L.S., Litchfield, March 16, 1824 : to John P. Cushman, Troy
1824
MSS L1985.19.4 M MB
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Title
Benjamin Tallmadge A.L.S., Litchfield, March 16, 1824 : to John P. Cushman, Troy
Published
Litchfield, [Conn.] 1824
Description
[4] p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
MSS L1985.19.4 M MB
Note
Primarily a friendly letter dealing with financial matters, but a postscript (p. 4] comments on Thatchers [i.e. James Thacher's] Memoirs [i.e., Military Journal] [1823], which he plans to own "shortly."
Postscript describes his assuming command of the light troops on order of the commander-in-chief and his practice of commanding the troops himself; Major T [i.e. Lemuel Trescott] was then under his command.
"Having lately carried Fort George on the So. side of Long Island & destroyed all the magazines & ship[p]ing connected with it, & then burnt an immense magazine of forage in the middle of Long Island which distressed the enemy exceedingly. I conceived the plan of taking Fort Slongo by surprise. Major T. pervceiving that an enterprise was on foot, beg[g]ed to be be permitted to lead the attack. This I gave him, & he performed the duty with great gallantry & to my entire satisfaction. In this sense Major T. deserves the Cr. [credit?] of the exploit which I am willing to allow him."
For Thacher's account of the encounter at Fort George, see his Military Journal, p. 291-292
For an account of the incident at Ft. Slongo, see Boatner. Biographical dictionary of the American war of independence, p. 1112 under Treadwell's Neck, L.I., N.Y., which credits Trescott with leading the attack.
Tallmadge, Thacher, and Trescott were original members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
Cushman was Tallmadge's son-in-law
Postscript describes his assuming command of the light troops on order of the commander-in-chief and his practice of commanding the troops himself; Major T [i.e. Lemuel Trescott] was then under his command.
"Having lately carried Fort George on the So. side of Long Island & destroyed all the magazines & ship[p]ing connected with it, & then burnt an immense magazine of forage in the middle of Long Island which distressed the enemy exceedingly. I conceived the plan of taking Fort Slongo by surprise. Major T. pervceiving that an enterprise was on foot, beg[g]ed to be be permitted to lead the attack. This I gave him, & he performed the duty with great gallantry & to my entire satisfaction. In this sense Major T. deserves the Cr. [credit?] of the exploit which I am willing to allow him."
For Thacher's account of the encounter at Fort George, see his Military Journal, p. 291-292
For an account of the incident at Ft. Slongo, see Boatner. Biographical dictionary of the American war of independence, p. 1112 under Treadwell's Neck, L.I., N.Y., which credits Trescott with leading the attack.
Tallmadge, Thacher, and Trescott were original members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
Cushman was Tallmadge's son-in-law
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