Thomas Conrad

[John Stanton]

(08-25-2012 03:28 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  John, I am a big fan of all the work you have done. I must say Sarah Slater is my favorite. It's an honor to have you here on our new forum. Welcome to the group!

Because you flatter me, I give you a tidbit on Sarah, that was not in my"'Courier" write up. Sarah sent a telegram to Richmond asking for a Passport to go to New York to stay with her Mother. That wire was a pure and simple a Cover. She was already North of the Potomac, she didn't need a Passport to go to her Mothers. She had been in Canada for a month or better - tending to the the St. Albans Raiders. She knew the Confederate Rules to cross the Lines. She needed two letters - one fron the Sec. of War and one from the Head of the Secret Service. She had neither. The Rev. Stephen Cameron had taken her North, so he had the papers. She was asking the South to tell the Camps on the Potomac to provide all the aid she needed to cross. Obviously, the Camps got the word and she was in Richmond by Jan. 30, 1865. She went back the same way - to Sgt. Brogden's Camp in Westmoreland Co. and Gus Howell picked her up there and took her to New York. PS I got more.