| Author | Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene), 1824-1900.
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| Title | An unknown heroine; an historical episode of the war between the states, by L. E. Chittenden.
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| Published | New York, G. H. Richmond & co., 1894.
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| Description | 314 p. illus. 19 cm.
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| General Note | 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 oX́Opequan, 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.
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| Subjects | Bedell, Henry E.
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Aug.-Nov., 1864.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
United States. Army. Vermont Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
Van Metre, Elizabeth (Keyser)
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| LC Card Number | 13-22925 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 533.7 1stC
mq54371: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 36388] |
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