Noble conduct of Mrs. Captain Ricketts.--The heroic conduct of Mrs. Ricketts, the wife of Captain James B. Ricketts, who was severely wounded at Bull Run, is the theme of much praise.
Mrs. Ricketts pushed through the enemy's lines alone when she heard her husband was captured, and took her place with him in the hospital, from which she never emerged until this week.
When she arrived in Richmond, General Stuart asked her to sign a parole of honor.
She refused.
He persisted in writing it, and handed her the document.
She tore it up instantly, and carried the fragments to her husband.
When Captain Ricketts was carried to Richmond, crowds flocked to see the commander of “Sherman's battery,” as they insisted on calling it.
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