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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 427 5 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 290 68 Browse Search
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe 128 4 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 89 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 49 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 40 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 32 2 Browse Search
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion 29 1 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 28 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 28 0 Browse Search
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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, A female scout and spy. (search)
droit and successful of these was not an actress, nor a native of the United States. Miss S. E. E. Edmonds, better known, perhaps, as The nurse and spy, is a native of the province of New Brunswick, and having an earnest desire to acquire a superior education, with a view to becoming a foreign missionary, and possessing besides an energetic and independent disposition, came to the United States, we believe, in 1859 or 1860, and for a time acted as a canvasser for some books published in Hartford, Conn. When the war broke out, she at once resolved to devote herself to the work of nursing the sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals, and went to Washington for that purpose. After spending eight or nine months in this duty, she learned that one of the spies in General McClellan's service had been captured by the rebels in Richmond, and executed, and that it was necessary that his place should be filled. Miss Edmonds was daring and resolute, capable of enduring an extraordinary amount
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Part 2: daring enterprises of officers and men. (search)
s formidable river fortress. The fleet consisted of the flag-ship Hartford, a fine sloop-of-war, carrying twenty-six guns; the Richmond, a vethe flagship signaled the ships and gunboats to weigh anchor. The Hartford led, the Albatross being lashed on her starboard side; the Richmonld-piece, buried in the foliage of the shore, opened fire upon the Hartford. The challenge thus given was promptly accepted, and a broadside lp! Oh, help! The unhappy sufferer had evidently fallen from the Hartford, which was in advance. In such an hour there could not be even aned, Lieutenant Terry shouted out, Hold on, you are firing into the Hartford! Another quarter of a minute and they would have been pouring a an hour and a half the unequal conflict had raged. The flag-ship Hartford and the Albatross succeeded in forcing their way above the batteriships, until they finally reached the ships below. Two ships, the Hartford and the Albatross, succeeded in running the gauntlet. Running t
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, The passage of the Port Hudson batteries. (search)
s formidable river fortress. The fleet consisted of the flag-ship Hartford, a fine sloop-of-war, carrying twenty-six guns; the Richmond, a vethe flagship signaled the ships and gunboats to weigh anchor. The Hartford led, the Albatross being lashed on her starboard side; the Richmonld-piece, buried in the foliage of the shore, opened fire upon the Hartford. The challenge thus given was promptly accepted, and a broadside lp! Oh, help! The unhappy sufferer had evidently fallen from the Hartford, which was in advance. In such an hour there could not be even aned, Lieutenant Terry shouted out, Hold on, you are firing into the Hartford! Another quarter of a minute and they would have been pouring a an hour and a half the unequal conflict had raged. The flag-ship Hartford and the Albatross succeeded in forcing their way above the batteri fearful hardships, until they finally reached the ships below. Two ships, the Hartford and the Albatross, succeeded in running the gauntlet.