| | Book | Save | | 1 | Title: | An unknown heroine: an historical episode of the war between the states
| | | | Creator: | Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900 | | | | Publication: | G. H. Richmond & co, New York,1894. | | | | 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 oâXOpequan, 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. | | | | Call #: | E533.7 1stC | | | | Extent: | 314 p. illus. 19 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Bedell, Henry E | Van Metre, Elizabeth (Keyser) | United States. -- Army. -- Vermont Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) | Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Aug.-Nov., 1864 | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
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