An unknown heroine
Subtitle: an historical episode of the war between the states
By: by L. E. Chittenden.
Publisher: Richmond, Crosup & co.
Published: 1893
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Bedell, Henry E.; Van Metre, Elizabeth (Keyser) Mrs.; Vermont artillery. 1st regt., 1862-1865.; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Notes: The "unknown heroine" is Mrs. Van Metre of Clarke Co., Va., who befriended Lieut. Henry E. Bedell, 1st Vermont heavy artillery, wounded at the battle of Opequan, Sept. 13, 1864, and deserted by his comrades. On Bedell's return North, Mrs. Van Metre accompanied him, and through the assistance of Sec. Stanton and others found her husband, a Confederate soldier confined in a nothern prison under an assumed name, and secured his release.