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Image of the USS Bache aground off the coast of Rhodes, Greece.

The Alexandria Gazette publishes the story of Lawrence Williams [Orton] who was hanged for spying. 16 June 1863

a clipping from the Alexandria Gazette which recounts a story of Franklin Stringfellow, the famed Confederate spy. the author goes on to note his choice to become an Episcopalian minister after the war.

Franklin Stringfellow scouted for General Robert E. Lee. Stringfellow became Lee's most famous scout, and was the personal scout for Jeb Stuart. More information can be found on Stringfellow's historical profile page.

Describes the discovery and subsequent hanging of Lawrence Williams Orton (nee William Orton Williams) and Walter Gibson Peter at Fort Granger in Franklin, Tennessee. (Evening Star, June 10, 1863)

Image of Williams and Peter hanged. Published in Harper's Weekly on July 4, 1863.

Image of William Orton Williams (right) and his cousin, Walter Gibson Peter (left).

Image of William Orton Williams, C.S.A. Attended Episcopal High School from 1853-1854

Need to develop: First Headmaster of Episcopal, Episcopal Minister, Confederate General, Organized the Rockbridge Artillery

The wife of the third Headmaster, John Peyton McGuire. Published her Civil War diaries as Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War