P165 - Plan of the Jäger Post on Herecland's Creek

Ewald's text accompanying the plan reads as follows: "a. New road and dam which the rebels have made from Verplanck's Point to Peekskill since the war.  b. Lind's [Lent's] V Cove and Herecland's Creek, which winds through very marshy ground between the rocks and mountains, making this Point like an island, and falls on the land side beyond both branches, which makes the great road to Albany [Albany Post Road] accessible.  c. Part of Verplanck's Point.  d. Part of Peekskill.  e. Area which is impassable because of the frequent rocks and thick woods.  f. Posts of the Legion.  g. Post of the 200 foot jägers.  h. Noncommissioned officer picket of 16 jägers.  i. Officer picket of 28 jägers, which had a flèche of wood in front of them. [j omitted.]  k. House and barn which had been placed in a strong position for the defense of this post.  At night 30 Hessian grenadiers came here as reinforcement, who had orders to defend themselves in the entrenchment and the jägers in the houses during an enemy attack.  l. Sentries of the officer picket.  m. House which had also been prepared in a state of defense, and where one noncommissioned officer and 13 jägers, in addition to 9 grenadiers, were posted at night.  n. Armed sloop [Cornwallis] and galley for the protection of our left flank.  o. Rocks and woods where the ambuscades were placed, and footpath on which the rebels approached our posts."