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The Daily Dispatch: April 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees at Jacksonville, Fla. (search)
The Yankees at Jacksonville, Fla.
--The Charleston Courier has been shown a letter from a refugee to his family in Charleston, dated Lake City, March 17, from which the following extracts are made:
I was on my way home to Jacksonville from the salt works where I was engaged, to spend a short time with my family, when a dispatch was received announcing that the Yankees had landed a force and taken possession of the town, and, being early in the morning, so quietly and secretly that no Jacksonville from the salt works where I was engaged, to spend a short time with my family, when a dispatch was received announcing that the Yankees had landed a force and taken possession of the town, and, being early in the morning, so quietly and secretly that no one was aware of their movements.
The shock that it gave me can better be imagined than described.--Immediately get within about three miles of the place and, after waiting three days got a message to my family to come out, which they did — consisting of my wife and three small children, mother, and sister — drawing a small baby wagon, which was to contain all they were allowed to bring, excepting what they had on. My furniture was stowed away at my place opposite, for safety, some time ago, wh