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The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The fighting at Jacksonville, Fla. (search)
apture him. He sidd in drawing out as far as the old brick-yard about two hundred of the black stamps, but could get them no further. Captain Dickinson, being in the rear of his men, was partially out off when ten or twelve dusky forms made for him, crying: " stop dah! stop dah! hole on ah! " He gave his horse the spar and leaped town the hill though the old graveyard, across the march cleared two and was soon out of Major Brevard who was at the Haddock House with his infantry, sent Capt. Wescott to the right to count in on their rear when he should advance. Capt. Quincy Stewart's company were deployed as skirmishers, in order to gave them the appearance of font pickets and after becoming engaged to fall back before their fire and draw them into where Capts West's, May's, and Bird's companies were concealed, and get them between them and bag the whole. But instead of standing and showing fight as soon as Capt Stewart's company became visible they delivered one fire and put towa