April 8, 1863, The Charleston Mercury
About two weeks since, a force of about four hundred men of the Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, stationed at St. Augustine, Fla., were out in the woods near that place, either on a foraging expedition or making an attempt to capture the company of Capt. DICKERSON, of the Second Florida Cavalry. Upon their retiring into St. Augustine, Capt. DICKERSON cut off from the main body of the Yankees a Sergeant and four men. They were sent to Lake City, the headquarters of General FINEGAN. Last evening a guard brought to this city the Sergeant and his comrades, and a deserter from the Sixth Connecticut Volunteers, recently stationed at Jacksonville.