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Albert Deane Richardson (1833–1869)
Richardson, Albert Deane. An American journalist; born in Franklin, MA, Oct. 6, 1833; died in New York City, Dec. 2, 1869. He was famous as the war correspondent of the New York Tribune during the Civil War, and was imprisoned with others for eighteen months as a result of their undertaking to run the batteries of Vicksburg on two barges. The result of his experiences was the work: ‘The Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape’ (1865). He also wrote: ‘Beyond the Mississippi’ (1866), and ‘A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant’ (1868). A collection of his miscellaneous writings was published by his wife Abby Sage Richardson, under the title of ‘Garnered Sheaves’ (1871).