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The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], A Grand shoddy wedding in Washington — Jenkins's description of the affair. (search)
fficer of the State of "Little Rhody" and as a statesman, but as a brave and gallant soldier, is world-wide. The part he took in defence of the Capital in July, 1861, at the first battle of Bull Run, is known to all our readers.--At this battle he personally commanded a Rhode Island brigade, and behaved with great gallantry. Subsequent to this he was conspicuous as an officer upon Gen. McClellan's staff during the Peninsula campaign. Besides these personal acts of merit in the field, Senator Spragne has on numerous occasions bequested a false proportion of his immense wealth to the organizing, equipping, and supporting the soldiers from his own State, and by his personal influence and example has, up to the present time, encouraged a vigorous prosecution of the war. Miss Kate Chase, the bride of the distinguished Senator, is a lady possessed of those rare virtues of heart and mind which alone can be recognized and appreciated by those who are daily thrown in contact with her;