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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 103 (search)
rew. When the second volley was fired, wounding Mr. Pierson and three men, Mr. Pierson then said, I am gone; you must get out the best way you can, giving the order to strike the flag. I then made answer: That cannot be done. The coxswain, Thomas McCarty, and quartermaster, Julius Bartlet, repeated the answer: No, no. By this time we were out of musket-range, with the exception of those who ran down the bank and kept up a brisk fire until we were out of range. The muskets in the boat werepening fire on the launches from the left bank of the creek. At that time Mr. Pierson gave the order to turn round with her head down the creek, and at the same moment received a shot in the right arm, and ordered the flag to be hauled down. Mr. McCarty, coxswain of the launch, said, I will kill the first man that touches the colors, or some words to that effect. Mr. Pierson said then: If you will not haul it down, let it stay up. At this time the boats were going slowly down the creek, the