July 8, 1861
A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1
- Skirmish at Bird’s Point, Mo.
- Rebels routed at Bealington, Va.
- Rebel camp at Florida, Mo., attacked and broken up. Col. Taylor brought to the President a message from Jeff Davis concerning prisoners captured as privateers.
- Thomas, the “French Lady,” taken in Baltimore.2
- A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
- Lt. Colonel Richard Thomas Zarvona masqueraded as Madame La Force during the capture of a passenger ship, St. Nicholas, in the Potomac River. It earned him the nickname of “The French Lady.” (Capture of Steamer St. Nicholas)