Johnny writes an account of the Action to his Mother, which afterwards appears in the Star.
‘Dear Mother,
‘In few words I will contrive
‘To let you know that I am safe alive.
‘I know, dear Mother, it will give you joy—
‘The Colonel said, I was a gallant Boy.
‘But truly, Mother, my poor pen can’t tell
‘How we were Pepper’d by the Shots and Shell.
‘Poor Buckett too, you know, old Buckett’s son,