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US Civil War tale of marital loyalty and woman's courage. A Yankee captain threatens to shoot the wife of a confederate spy in Virginia if she does not tell where her husband is. She refuses as does her 8 year old daughter - but her husband returns to rescue her and kills the captain just as he is about to command the troops to fire. His soldiers let the family escape. Slight. (PB)
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From Ludgate Monthly
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