Plotline of a Civil War romance thriller
A Confederate camp scene follows Gen Wayne and Sgt Craig as they deliver a message to Longstreet. Wayne, mistaken for a Union officer, and a Northern girl named Edith Brennan navigate danger, arrests, rescues, disguises, and a dramatic escape leading toward the Shenandoah battle and a hospital visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Longstreet
Sergt
Craig
My Lady of the North
Epee
Jed Bungay
Red Lowrie
Maj Brennan
Iie
Sheridan
Edith Brennan
Gen Lee
Brennan
Edith Adieu
Bungay
Lee
Shenandoah
White
Captain Wayne Returns From the Valley of War
In Richmond a scarred Confederate veteran travels westward seeking his old regiment. He encounters General Lee who informs him the Shenandoah loss ended the -th Virginia. Wayne learns his unit is gone, and new duties with Lee’s staff begin as comrades rally around the fallen banner.
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Richmond
Appomattox Court House
Petersburg
General Lee
Colonel Maitland
St. Mary's Hospital
Virginia Cavalry
Lee
Virginia
Philip Wayne
Captain Wayne
Shenandoah
Holmes
Wayne
Carlson
Maitland
Waynee
Jim
Minersville
Brennan
Federal Serv
Ebers
Jed Bungay
Cap
Jed
Beelzebub
Lost Regiment chapter opens a spring road scene
A fragment from Chapter XXv, A Lost Regiment, describes a bright sunlit early spring day with birds singing in trees along the road as the narrator reflects on the scene. The text captures mood and setting but ends abruptly. The passage centers on fresh outdoor imagery and a calm moment before action.
Courage and Loyalty Drive Captain Wayne’s Secret Mission
Captain Wayne receives a field assignment from Colonel Maitland to scout neutral territory with twenty mounted men. He must assess forage, federal troop presence, and guerrilla activity while avoiding contact with the enemy, as Jed Bungay the guide reappears seeking news of Maria amid a harsh trek toward danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Brennan
Captain Wayne
Colonel Maitland
Maitland
Honeywell
Cowskin
Carried Too Far Duluth Collector Skews Modern Fiction
Jerome McWade, a Duluth millionaire collector, discusses on Narragansett beach how modern fiction is charitable to women. He argues writers let women go farther than men, and tells a faded joke about Horace and Minnie Alanners to illustrate Duluth's small social circle.
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Jerome
McWade
Milionaire
Duluth
Narragansett Beach
Ells
Galeworthy
Bernard Shaw
Horace
Minnie Alanners
Old Connecticut Elm Destroyed in Middle Cove Storm
Kasex correspondence reports a two hundred year old elm on Middle Cove Bay blown down in a Monday storm. Only the roots remain while Indian arrow heads found near the site hint at a former camping ground. The tree stood about 100 feet high with a similar spread and a 15 foot trunk. red squirrels inhabited it for years.
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Connecticut
Middle Cove Bay
Kasex Correspondence
Hartford Courant
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Wes King
Arthur B. Williamson
A. C McClure & Co
Stationer’s Hall
London
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