John Jackson Dickison
Military Person
1816 – 1902
Who was John Jackson Dickison?
John Jackson Dickison was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Dickison is mostly remembered as being the person who led the attack which resulted in the capture of the Union warship USS Columbine in the "Battle of Horse Landing". This was one of the few instances in which a Union warship was captured by land-based Confederate forces during the Civil War and the only known incident in U.S. history where a cavalry unit sank an enemy gunboat. Dickison and his men were victorious in all of his raids against the Union troops in Florida, including his raid in Gainesville what is known as the Battle of Gainesville. Tragedy struck Dickison, when one of his sons, both of whom served under his command, was killed during a raid.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1816
Monroe County - Also known as
- The Swamp Fox
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Died
- Aug 20, 1902
Okahumpka - Resting place
- Evergreen Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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