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“Slaughter (Philip) was reduced to a single shirt. While this, was being washed he wrapped himself in a blanket. From the breast of his only shirt he had wrist-bands and a collar made to complete his uniform in parade.
“Many of his brother officers were still worse off, having no under garments at all! Not one soldier in five had a blanket. They all lived in rude huts and the snow was knee deep the whole winter.
“Washington daily invited the officers in rotation to dine with him at his private table; but for want of decent clothing, few were enabled to attend. Slaughter being so much better provided, frequently went in the place of others that he said ‘His regiment might be represented.’
“While in this starving condition, the country people brought food to the camp. Often the Dutch women were seen riding in, sitting on their horses’ backs, holding two or three bushels each of apple pies, baked sufficiently hard to be thrown across the room without breaking. These were purchased; eaten with avidity and considered a great luxury.
“Slaughter performed the duties of captain, paymaster and clothier. He was promoted to a captaincy in 1778, he then being not 20 years of age.” Mrs. Keyser has Captain Slaughter’s Revolutionary War sabre that he had hidden in a stairway at Clover Hill.
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