Military stone CoA 12th Ill. Cav.
DEATH OF DANIEL E. BEDFORD RECALLS FEATS AS UNION SPY
Lafayette Boy Went Into Civil War at 15; Served as Secret Messenger in Girl’s Attire; Faced Death Often - Later a Scout in West and Buffalo Bill’s Double , Too Modest t Claim Honors Due Him. In the death of Daniel E. Bedford, 82 year old civil war hero, which occurred at the Home Hospital early Tuesday morning, Lafayette lost a native son whose deeds of valor as a union spy in the great conflict of the sixties entitled him to medals of honor which were never conferred because he was too modest and retiring to claim recognition. He was only 14 years old when he ran away and tried to enlist the first time in 1861, shortly after the rebellion broke out, and his parents, Moses and Elizabeth Bedford, early settlers of Lafayette, had him sent back home. He tried it again, but once more sent back. Then the twelfth Illinois cavalry passed through Lafayette on a troop train early in 1862 and the boy jumped aboard and was gone. This time he induced the army officers to accept him, despite his extremely youthful appearance. He was made a member of Company A of the Illinois outfit which went into service without delay. Young Bedford, however, was destined to play a more spectacular part in the war than that of mere cavalrymen. The union forces were in need of spies to obtain important information from the rebel camps. The Lafayette youth had pink cheeks and complexion like a girl, so he was chose for service as a spy in woman’s attire. The plan worked perfectly, and he performed the most perilous secret service missions, one even being entertained at the Robert E. Lee home.
DEATH OF DANIEL E. BEDFORD RECALLS FEATS AS UNION SPY
Lafayette Boy Went Into Civil War at 15; Served as Secret Messenger in Girl’s Attire; Faced Death Often - Later a Scout in West and Buffalo Bill’s Double , Too Modest t Claim Honors Due Him. In the death of Daniel E. Bedford, 82 year old civil war hero, which occurred at the Home Hospital early Tuesday morning, Lafayette lost a native son whose deeds of valor as a union spy in the great conflict of the sixties entitled him to medals of honor which were never conferred because he was too modest and retiring to claim recognition. He was only 14 years old when he ran away and tried to enlist the first time in 1861, shortly after the rebellion broke out, and his parents, Moses and Elizabeth Bedford, early settlers of Lafayette, had him sent back home. He tried it again, but once more sent back. Then the twelfth Illinois cavalry passed through Lafayette on a troop train early in 1862 and the boy jumped aboard and was gone. This time he induced the army officers to accept him, despite his extremely youthful appearance. He was made a member of Company A of the Illinois outfit which went into service without delay. Young Bedford, however, was destined to play a more spectacular part in the war than that of mere cavalrymen. The union forces were in need of spies to obtain important information from the rebel camps. The Lafayette youth had pink cheeks and complexion like a girl, so he was chose for service as a spy in woman’s attire. The plan worked perfectly, and he performed the most perilous secret service missions, one even being entertained at the Robert E. Lee home.
Military stone CoA 12th Ill. Cav.
DEATH OF DANIEL E. BEDFORD RECALLS FEATS AS UNION SPY
Lafayette Boy Went Into Civil War at 15; Served as Secret Messenger in Girl’s Attire; Faced Death Often - Later a Scout in West and Buffalo Bill’s Double , Too Modest t Claim Honors Due Him. In the death of Daniel E. Bedford, 82 year old civil war hero, which occurred at the Home Hospital early Tuesday morning, Lafayette lost a native son whose deeds of valor as a union spy in the great conflict of the sixties entitled him to medals of honor which were never conferred because he was too modest and retiring to claim recognition. He was only 14 years old when he ran away and tried to enlist the first time in 1861, shortly after the rebellion broke out, and his parents, Moses and Elizabeth Bedford, early settlers of Lafayette, had him sent back home. He tried it again, but once more sent back. Then the twelfth Illinois cavalry passed through Lafayette on a troop train early in 1862 and the boy jumped aboard and was gone. This time he induced the army officers to accept him, despite his extremely youthful appearance. He was made a member of Company A of the Illinois outfit which went into service without delay. Young Bedford, however, was destined to play a more spectacular part in the war than that of mere cavalrymen. The union forces were in need of spies to obtain important information from the rebel camps. The Lafayette youth had pink cheeks and complexion like a girl, so he was chose for service as a spy in woman’s attire. The plan worked perfectly, and he performed the most perilous secret service missions, one even being entertained at the Robert E. Lee home.
DEATH OF DANIEL E. BEDFORD RECALLS FEATS AS UNION SPY
Lafayette Boy Went Into Civil War at 15; Served as Secret Messenger in Girl’s Attire; Faced Death Often - Later a Scout in West and Buffalo Bill’s Double , Too Modest t Claim Honors Due Him. In the death of Daniel E. Bedford, 82 year old civil war hero, which occurred at the Home Hospital early Tuesday morning, Lafayette lost a native son whose deeds of valor as a union spy in the great conflict of the sixties entitled him to medals of honor which were never conferred because he was too modest and retiring to claim recognition. He was only 14 years old when he ran away and tried to enlist the first time in 1861, shortly after the rebellion broke out, and his parents, Moses and Elizabeth Bedford, early settlers of Lafayette, had him sent back home. He tried it again, but once more sent back. Then the twelfth Illinois cavalry passed through Lafayette on a troop train early in 1862 and the boy jumped aboard and was gone. This time he induced the army officers to accept him, despite his extremely youthful appearance. He was made a member of Company A of the Illinois outfit which went into service without delay. Young Bedford, however, was destined to play a more spectacular part in the war than that of mere cavalrymen. The union forces were in need of spies to obtain important information from the rebel camps. The Lafayette youth had pink cheeks and complexion like a girl, so he was chose for service as a spy in woman’s attire. The plan worked perfectly, and he performed the most perilous secret service missions, one even being entertained at the Robert E. Lee home.
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