Capt. Dade and all his officers and men were murdered on the 18th Dec. 1835 about 15 miles from the Withlacoochee battleground ... : Fort Drane, E.F. : dispatch, 1836 Jan. 22.

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Capt. Dade and all his officers and men were murdered on the 18th Dec. 1835 about 15 miles from the Withlacoochee battleground ... : Fort Drane, E.F. : dispatch, 1836 Jan. 22.

Dispatch (probably issued by order of 4th Regiment commander Col. Duncan Lamont Clinch) sent from Fort Drane, East Florida, Jan. 22, 1836, reporting the massacre of Capt. Dade and his men on Dec. 28, 1835.

1 item (l leaf) ; 27 cm.

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