John Jackson Dickison, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate Army officer
Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1816
Place of Birth: Monroe County, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 20-Aug-1902
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About John Jackson Dickison
- John Jackson Dickison, known as J.
- J.
- Dickison (March 27, 1816 – August 20, 1902), 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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