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1. Battle of Hacketstown (continued)

   

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   to see the burying of the dead. She said they were piled 3 deep on the streets & you could see the red mark on the stairs of the channels where the blood had been flowing down & her heels used to sink into the ground where it was like mud with the blood. She saw Capt Chankeys body lyin across pollets window with the head & shoulders all burnt when the house was set on fire. His breeches were all burnt where his body & legs were all swelled with the heat. Hardy's too big farm carts were drawing the bodies away

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   • Thomas Ellis