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iIj while in prison at Atlanta, Georgia. ! frcn During her captivity she received a let- pra, ; ter from Jeff. Davis, offcriog ber a Lieu- j coo t | tenant’s Commission if she would enlist j ,t5j in tbeir army. She bus do home and no tur r relatives, but she said she preferred to dcr a I Sgbt as a private soldier for the stars tod , \u\ f stripes rather than be honored wich a rc^ : commission from the rebels. About two pf, weeks ago rbe was exchanged. The in- j efci sargenta tried to extort fro u ber a prom- »|l a 1 ise that she would go home and doc cu- j 8hii. * ter the service agata 1 “Go home !’’ she \ e j said; “my oniy brother was killed at dr) it i Pittsburg Lending, and 1 have uo home tmi e : — no friends!'' | jCsh | Doctor Walker describes brink »s of 1 j about medium height, with dark hilal i no 8 eyes, dark brown hair, rounded features, j tei r I and feminine voioe and appearance Doc- j cb tor Walker is well versed in human na- i K| turo as well as anatomy, and she believes | j£i that jnsticc to tho young wom»a in ques- ft,•is[e ; tion requires that she should ba eommis- ja| sioned a Liontcnaot in the army. TheDC1 Ihctor also argues that Congress should i a.orjc assign woman to duty in the erroy, with it- ! compensation, as wall as colored men, j tb % j averring that patriotism has no sex — I a ar W hether tho President will commission f? if 1 Miss Hook as a Lieutenant, or Congress wdl draft Mrs. Walker’s couuirywoman j into the service, we know not, ba: we st w j are oeruin the ‘-Doctcr” is thoroughly in a ire earnest, and that the story of her now c y/ ! proteas is an interesting one.— HfetAts?* v in- i ton Rcpirter. Jmne
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Steubenville Weekly Herald
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Wed, Apr 06, 1864
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