My story of the war: a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion . tat the Discovery— I know all about it now —The grateful Womanfainted — She is told to go and visit her Husband — The broken-heartedWife goes away imploring Blessings on the President — Beautiful Re-ception of Miss Elizabeth Peabody—Touching Letter to Mrs. Bixby —Her five Sons were killed in Battle — Humorous Reply to his Advisers — Keep Silence, and well get you safe across. HAD an opportunit
My story of the war: a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion . tat the Discovery— I know all about it now —The grateful Womanfainted — She is told to go and visit her Husband — The broken-heartedWife goes away imploring Blessings on the President — Beautiful Re-ception of Miss Elizabeth Peabody—Touching Letter to Mrs. Bixby —Her five Sons were killed in Battle — Humorous Reply to his Advisers — Keep Silence, and well get you safe across. HAD an opportunity during the war ofwitnessing the reception by the Presidentof two appUcations for pardon, which metwith w^idely different fates. The case ofthe first was this: A young man, belonging toa Virginia family of most treasonable charac-ter, remained in Washington when the rest of thehousehold went with the Confederacy. Though hetook no active part with the loyalists of the capital,he was so quiet and prudent as to allay their suspi-cions concerning him, and finally to gain their con-fidence. He opened a market and kept for sale thevery best quality of meats, supplying many of the 566. PUNISHMENT OF A SPY. 5G7 families of prominent officers of the government,and for a time the family at the White House. Heeven managed to obtain a sort of intimacy in someof these households, through the intrigues of dis-loyal servants. As afterwards appeared, he pos-sessed himself of information that was valuable tothe rebels, and which he imparted to them promptlyand unreservedly. When Lee moved up into Pennsylvania, in thesummer of 1863, this young man was suddenly miss-ing from his place of business, and another personwas installed in his place. He was unexpectedlycalled away by business, was assigned as the reasonfor his absence. In one of the cavalry fights, orskirmishes, which occurred almost daily in Maryland,or Southern Pennsylvania, during that June raid ofLees army, the you
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