Albert Deane Richardson (October 6, 1833 - December 2, 1869) was a well-known Americanjournalist, Union spy, and author.
- Born in Franklin, Massachusetts, October 6, 1833
- Obtained first job with newspaper, Pittsburgh Commercial Journal, 1851.
- Married Mary Louise Pease, April 1855.
- Correspondent for the Boston Journal, 1857.
- Edited The Western Mountaineer of Golden City, Colorado, 1860.
- Journalist for the New York Daily Tribune.
- Captured by the Confederates at Vicksburg, May 3, 1863.
- Wife and daughter died.
- Escaped Salisbury, NC, prison, December 18, 1864.
- Shot by Daniel McFarland, March 14, 1867.
- Wrote Through to the Pacific for the New York Tribune, May–June, 1869.
- Shot again by Daniel McFarland, November 25, 1869.
- Married Abby Sage McFarland, November, 1869; marriage performed by Henry Ward Beecher.
- Died December 2, 1869 (McFarland acquitted in a sensational trial).
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