Excerpt from Some Recollection in the Life of P. P. Nevill, Late Major 63rd Regiment My father, who served in the old American War, used to amuse me, and raise my martial desires sometimes, by an account of his deeds of arms, particularly at the battle of Bunker's Hill, where it was said, he behaved very well. He had a sword of a formidable kind, and being a powerful man, he used to whirl this weapon with much rapidity round his head, and show me how he slew two men who attacked him when leading on his platoon against the enemy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.