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LEADER: 01388cam 2200265I 4500
001 ocm00404570
005 20020823093111.0
008 720912s1894 nyu 000 0 eng c
010 $a 13022925
040 $aKSU$cKSU$dNOC
050 $aE533.7$b.1stC
099 9 $aWilmer$a213
100 1 $aChittenden, L. E.$q(Lucius Eugene),$d1824-1900.
245 13 $aAn unknown heroine;$ban historical episode of the war between the states,$cby L. E. Chittenden.
260 $aNew York,$bG. H. Richmond & co.,$c1894.
300 $a314 p.$billus.$c19 cm.
500 $aThe "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.
510 4 $aMenendez. Civil War novels,$c196.
600 10 $aBedell, Henry E.
600 10 $aVan Metre, Elizabeth Keyser,$dd. 1925.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bVermont Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
650 0 $aShenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November)
700 1 $aWilmer, Richard Hooker,$d1918-,$eformer owner.
935 $aBGI-3791
994 $a01$bNOC