Captain Brinsmade in the Rebel Army (1863)

Source: The Friend. Honolulu: February, 1863, page 10. 


We have occasionally spoken of Sandwich Islanders being in the Northern Army, but we learn from a late number of the New York Spectator, that Abbott Brinsmade, the only son of the late P. A. Brinsmade, Esq., U. S. Consul, is now a captain in the Rebel Army. 

It appears that his wife, a native of New Orleans, on visiting New York has been arrested as a spy, but as some suppose without the necessary proof. It appears that the Captain has lost a hand in some engagement.