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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Chittenden, L.E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900. Unknown heroine. New York, G.H. Richmond & Co., 1894 (OCoLC)643785504 |
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Named Person: | Henry E Bedell; Elizabeth (Keyser) Van Metre |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
L E Chittenden |
OCLC Number: | 404570 |
Notes: | The "unknown heroine" is Mrs. Van Metre of Clarke co., Va., who befriended Lieutenant Henry E. Bedell, 1st Vermont heavy artillery, wounded at the battle of o ́Opequan, Sept. 13, 1864, and deserted by his comrades. On Bedell's return North, Mrs. Van Metre accompanied him, and through the assistance of Secretary Stanton and others found her husband, a Conferederate soldier confined in a northern prison under an assumed name, and secured his release. |
Description: | 314 pages illustrations 19 cm |
Responsibility: | by L.E. Chittenden. |
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