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With Captain Ricketts, the commandant of the fortress, I also had the pleasure of enjoying an intimate acquaintance. Captain Ricketts has served many years on this coast, and was engaged with the Ashantees at the battle of Essamacow, where Sir Charles McCarthy lost his life.
Recollections of the Ashantee War Battle of Essamacow Accession of Osay Aquatoo to the Throne Battle of Affatoo Investment of Cape Coast Flight of the Ashantees Martial Law proclaimed Battle of Dodowah Ashantee Mode of Fighting Death of Captain Hutchison I cannot sufficiently express my sense of the uniform kindness I experienced from the residents at this station. My excellent friend, Capt.
The battle of Essamacow, which is registered in the Gold Coast Almanack, with the significant prefix of "fatal," was fought on the 21st of January, 1824. Hostilities commenced about two o'clock in the afternoon, when both parties opened a brisk fire across a small river, that separated their forces.
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