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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The treatment of prisoners during the war between the States . (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861 , September (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), A Heroic Union girl. (search)
A Heroic Union girl.
Paducah, Ky., Feb. 11.--In these times of terror and peril in this district, some of the most heroic acts have been performed, but perhaps the noblest of all was perpetrated a few days since by a young lady of Graves County, well known to the writer, Miss Anna Bassford.
Her father and family are devotedly for the Union.
The old man having information that the notorious H. C. King, expelled from our Legislature for treason, and his robber band intended to visit the house for the purpose of taking horses, guns, etc., hid the gun and brought his horses to this place.
Whilst here, three of King's robbing band visited the house, demanded the gun and alarmed Mrs. Bassford, who ordered a son some fifteen years old to find the gun and deliver it over.
The boy, after considerable search, found the gun; the robbers then demanded a pistol, which they were informed belonged in the family, whereupon the daughter, some seventeen years old, told them she knew where
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 195 (search)
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182.-fight at Merriwether's Ferry.
Chaplain Locke's narrative.
Marion City, Tenn., August 18, 1862.
on the morning of the fifteenth, a messenger reported to these headquarters that sixty or seventy rebel recruits for Jackson's cavalry, from Graves and Hickman counties, Kentucky, were passing within eight miles of this place southward, under one Capt. Binfield, who had taken the oath some time since at Hickman.
Colonel Harris, commander of the post, immediately ordered out company C, Captain Fullerton, Second Illinois cavalry, in pursuit.
The Colonel accompanied the expedition in person.
The company left at seven A. M., under command of Lieut. C. Terry, and overtook the enemy about twelve M., at Merriwether's Ferry, on the Obion River, thirty miles from Union City, where they were about to cross, to join some one hundred and fifty others who were camped on the opposite side of the river.
The engagement lasted about half an hour, our men behaving in a most gall
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 132 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of the First Maryland regiment . (search)
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], War to keep off a Worse war. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Southern news. (search)