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ansas Scouts ............................. 11 A Nameless Spy ..................................... ......... 26 Corporal Pike, Scout and Ranger . ....... .............. .......... 34 A Female Scout and Spy ....................................... 66 Adventures of Harry Newcomer, a Scout and Spy in the Army of the Cumberland............................................ 73 Pauline Cushman, the Celebrated Union Spy and Scout of the Army of the Cumberland ................................... 100 Keller or Killdare, one of the Scouts of the Army of the Cumberland. 131 A Daring Scout and Spy ........................................ 142 Scouting in East Tennessee .................................... 157 Bible Smith, the East Tennessee Scout and Spy .................. 165 part II. daring enterprises of officers and men, The Great Railroad Chase...................................... 191 The Wrong Side of the Curve. An Ex-engineer's Story........... 204 Zagonyi's Charge ................
ansas Scouts ............................. 11 A Nameless Spy ..................................... ......... 26 Corporal Pike, Scout and Ranger . ....... .............. .......... 34 A Female Scout and Spy ....................................... 66 Adventures of Harry Newcomer, a Scout and Spy in the Army of the Cumberland............................................ 73 Pauline Cushman, the Celebrated Union Spy and Scout of the Army of the Cumberland ................................... 100 Keller or Killdare, one of the Scouts of the Army of the Cumberland. 131 A Daring Scout and Spy ........................................ 142 Scouting in East Tennessee .................................... 157 Bible Smith, the East Tennessee Scout and Spy .................. 165 part II. daring enterprises of officers and men, The Great Railroad Chase...................................... 191 The Wrong Side of the Curve. An Ex-engineer's Story........... 204 Zagonyi's Charge ................
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Keller or Killdare, one of the scouts of the Army of the Cumberland. (search)
Keller or Killdare, one of the scouts of the Army of the Cumberland. Keller, or as he was usually called in the Army of the Cumberland, Killdare, was of German, and perhaps Jewish extraction, and during the first eighteen months of the war had been concerned with Besthoff, and three Jews by the names of Friedenburg, in smuggling goods into rebeldom, but being arrested in connection with them, it appeared that he had not been as guilty as the others, and that what he had done had been ratheKeller, or as he was usually called in the Army of the Cumberland, Killdare, was of German, and perhaps Jewish extraction, and during the first eighteen months of the war had been concerned with Besthoff, and three Jews by the names of Friedenburg, in smuggling goods into rebeldom, but being arrested in connection with them, it appeared that he had not been as guilty as the others, and that what he had done had been rather to support his family than from a desire to aid the rebels. He was therefore released, and being offered an appointment as scout in the Union service, he accepted it and was of great service to the Union cause. In March 1863, he left Nashville on horseback, with a small stock of goods, not exceeding one hundred dollars in value, with the intention of making his way into and through a certain portion of the Confederacy. Swimming his horse across Harpeth creek, and crossing with his goods i