Vengeful Virginian Spy in Civil War Tale
Jeanne Beaufort, a Virginian daughter, works as a Confederate spy to avenge her family’s deaths. She manipulates Parson John Kennedy and other officers, marries an assumed identity, faces capture, escapes, and tracks eleven conspirators while a winter encampment crowd observes a tense power struggle.
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Jeanne Beaufort
John Kennedy
Secret Service
Kennedy
Jeanne
Elaine
Parson Kennedy
Mary Smith
John Jones
Henry Morgan
Confederacy
Alice Trent
Baltimore
John Armitage
Morgan
Armitage
General Armitage
Richmond
Altho
Captain Armitage
Parson
Charles Lowell
Arthur Snell
George Armstrong
Philip Gardner
James Fogarty
Franz Smith
Wallace Henderson
Frederick Skinner
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
John
Love and treachery collide in a warroom confrontation
In the camp room Major Morgan accuses Jeanne Beaufort and Captain Armitage of betrayal. Arm itage confronts his own role while Jeanne, torn by love and duty, escapes as Armitage declares a damning truth about their past. The scene ends with a cry of fear and fate.
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Jeanne
Jeanne Beaufort
Captain Armitage
Major Morgan—Morgan
Armitage
Piqued Rivalry at Dusk Sparks Silent Duel to Death
In a tense confrontation, Armitage and Morgan play a game of piquet as guards surround the manor. Morgan reveals threats and boasts while Armitage eyes a possible escape, hoping Jeanne Beaufort remains safe. The standoff hints at a planned night attack, with dispatches and loyalties at stake as the scene closes.
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Kennedy
Jeanne Beaufort
Morgan
Quote about work and theft from an era editorial
A remark on self employment and theft contrasts industry and unemployment. It likens stealing a used car to optimism and plays with ranks in labor, humorously comparing a private in the industry army to a general in the unemployed army.
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Army of Industry
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Warson Kennedy
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J. S. Pirie
Orris Gadd
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Clifford Slayton
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C. W. Lighter
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A. Gulbranson
Geo. Gilleland
Geo. Plantz
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Ben H. Gerdes
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B. R. Wiemers
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Fred Eickhoff
Jay Chamberlain
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Zeigler
Ill
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First National Bank
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Corner Oak and River Sts
Rolfe
Iowa
Robert Bruce
State Savings Bank
Abe M. DE Vaul
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