The side that held the field usually directed the work, burying both its own dead and the enemy's. Local residents often assisted or finished the task once the troops had gone. Along the Battle Road after April 19, townspeople and farm families buried a number of the British soldiers left behind.

In the heart of suburban Westchester, just minutes from home, lies one of the most intimate Revolutionary War sites I’ve encountered. Tomahawk Chapel Cemetery doesn’t shout for attention. No grand monuments or battle reenactments here. Just weathered headstones, filtered morning light through old trees, and the quiet final resting place of men who actually answered the call in 1775–1783