Declaration of Service
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The Lieutenant took the Command. We were put in battle array, and soon up came the enemy. They were his neighbor whose lady with the red cloak on which were fashionable at that day.
Unnumbered (?) (canes?) (are?) ___ upon(?) __________ Captain Page.
We knew not what to do we wasted four days to see if hew would not return – But he came not – we did not know on what service we were ordered and started back for Chatham. We traced the Captain. He lost his hat [in] the morning and was seen flying through the villages with a handkerchief on his head, on his (hair?) black. He did not stay on the way until he go back to Chatham where he announced the sad news that we were surprised of a foggy morning in our tents by the British, over come and cut to pieces – that the whole troop was slaughtered and that he was the only living soul that escaped being cut to pieces.
When we got back all Chatham was in grief about our ill starred fate. It was said and believed that on the morning of the fight the Captain him[self] was so much affected that he perceived it impossible to ____ his ex____. Since that ___ his pantaloons stood in need of [a] washer woman’s care. He did not stop to have them cleaned until he reached the barracks. He later was ___ on this ___.