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The Daily Dispatch: February 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], Land Operations of the Potomac Flotilla. (search)
s revolving rifles; the Yankee's cutter, with twelve men, commanded by Master's Mate Lawrence; the Anacostia cutter, with fifteen men, commanded by Master's Mate John Williams; and the Wyandank cutter, with eighteen men, commanded by Master's Mate Sheridan. We landed a little below Holland Point, leaving the boats in charge of Maridan as to splash the mud into his face. He then gave orders to his men to fire, and a volley was poured into the enemy, evidently part of the rebel picket. Mr. Williams and his command hearing the firing, joined the other party, and they were about to give chase, when a musket shot, the signal of recall, was heard from the mai the men waded through, and by the aid of those on the other side improvised a bridge formed by a single log. All passed over, and a little further up we found Mr. Williams and his command, the rebel picket having disappeared. The Yankee and the Reliance now appeared, and we soon embarked, covered, if not with glory, with a thick