sentences:  As the struggle moved to New York, Carpenter was ordered by General George Washington to serve with General William Alexander of Pennsylvania ("Lord Stirling") and his Maryland contingent prior to the fateful morning of August 27.Henry Johnston in his "Campaign of 1776", describes Carpenter as commanding the two-gun battery that opposed the British under Grant.Johnston surmises that it was Carpenter's battery that caused British light troops to retire to their main line.