Albert D. Richardson

Albert Deane Richardson (October 6, 1833 - December 2, 1869) was a well-known American journalist, Union spy, and author.

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Born in Franklin, Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1833
Obtained first job with newspaper, Pittsburgh Journal, 1851.
Married Mary Louise Pease, April 1855.
Correspondent for the Boston Journal, 1857.
Edited The Western Mountaineer of Golden City, Colorado, 1860.
Journalist for the New York Daily Tribune.
Captured by the Confederates at Vicksburg, May 3, 1863.
Wife and daughter died.
Escaped Salisbury, NC, prison, December 18, 1864.
Shot by Daniel McFarland, March 14th, 1867.
Wrote Through to the Pacific for the New York Tribune, May-June, 1869.
Shot again by Daniel McFarland, November 25, 1869.
Married Abby Sage McFarland, November, 1869; marriage performed by Henry Ward Beecher.
Died December 2, 1869 (McFarland acquitted in a sensational trial).

The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape. American Publishing Company; Hartford, CT; 1865.
Beyond the Mississippi, From the Great River to the Great Ocean. American Publishing Company; Hartford, CT; 1867 (reprint edition, June 1, 1967, by Johnson Reprint Corp, ISBN 0-384-50670-4 ).
A Personal History of Ulysses S Grant. American Publishing Company; Hartford, CT; 1868.
Garnered Sheaves. Columbian Book Company; Hartford, CT; 1871 (a collection of his writings published posthumously by his wife).

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