...eived 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 enemy meanwhile keeping up a brisk fire at us. Mr. Pierson received another sh...