July 1839 Dragoon Soldier's Amazing Account of Raid on 2d Dragoons

2d Dragoon soldier Hugh McCarty survives the raid on Harney's trading post on the Caloosahatchee River, July 1839. Spanish Indians and Miccosukees raid the soldiers on the morning of July 23, 1839. It was the third deadliest attack on the soldiers during the war.
Lt.Col. William S. Harney survives.
The account is from the Army & Navy Chronicle & Scientific Repository journal, Sept. 14, 1839, No. II, issue 11, page 326-328.
Jarvis' account is from, An Army Surgeon's Notes of Frontier Service, 1833-1848, published in a military journal in the early 1900's.
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[@defailboys]

This was awesome, love to hear about things not in the history books. Keep up the good work and research!

[@hammockstocoasters]

Enjoyed this very much!

[@seminolewar]

Thank you!

[@michaelkalinoski7998]

I couldn't imagine being naked in Florida 's wilderness in late July, which is brutally hot and humid beyond belief over that period of time searching for your humanity.
That sitcom show Naked should be named after him.

[@seminolewar]

I totally agree! I worked at a park in SW Fla that was ground zero for mosquitoes!