Preface
_ TO GEORGE F. D. TRASK
IN MEMORY OF OUR FIRST MARTIAL EXPLOITS IN THE NURSERY
Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.--PSALM lx, 4.
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PREFACE
In the personality and exploits of the "Special Messenger," the author has been assured that a celebrated historical character is recognizable--Miss Boyd, the famous Confederate scout and spy.
It is not uncommon that the readers of a book know more about that book than the author.
R. W. C. _


Part 1. What She Was
Part 1. What She Was - Chapter 1. Noncombatants
_ PART ONE. WHAT SHE WAS
CHAPTER I. NONCOMBATANTS
About five o‘clock that evening a Rhode Island battery clanked through the village and parked six dusty guns in a pasture occupied by some astonished cows.
A little later the cavalry arrived, riding slowly up the tree-shaded street, escorted by every darky and every dog in the country-side.
The c

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