Albert Deane Richardson (October 6, 1833 - December 2, 1869) was a well-known American journalist, Union spy, and author.

Timeline

• Born in Franklin, Massachusetts, Oct. 6, 1833
• Obtained first job with newspaper, Pittsburgh 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 14th, 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).

Books

• The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape. American Publishing Company; Hartford, CT; 1865.
• Beyond the Mississippi, From the Great River to the Great Ocean. American Publishing Company; Hartford, CT; 1867 (reprint edition, June 1, 1967, by Johnson Reprint Corp, ISBN 0384506704 ).
• A Personal History of Ulysses S Grant. American Publishing Company; Hartford, CT; 1868.
• Garnered Sheaves. Columbian Book Company; Hartford, CT; 1871 (a collection of his writings published posthumously by his wife).