Note 410 — Chapter II
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Washington, on his arrival in Cambridge, recognized the services of Col. Joseph Ward, who at this time had borne an order from General Ward across Charlestown Neck amid the cross-fire of the British batteries, by giving him a brace of pistols, now preserved; and perhaps the only written order of the battlefield now remaining is a requisition by Jos. Ward for ammunition, which is given in fac-simile in Mem. Hist. Boston, iii. 86, where are also other notes on Jos. Ward. Cf. also J. V. Cheney in Scribner's Monthly, xi. 424. Some memoranda respecting Joseph Ward are in the Sparks MSS. (LII. vol. iii.)