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[«*M nfulla story m 101a i»* m# #n#n m n while th# army tM at mid near Chat«ji til * lt;'vdon#! Mink# of thi* Tenth i if Ohio #v h»ng#d « 11rir** number of pris»* r*°‘*n?M. oners with th# **rebs.lt Th# colon#) no- rt*kltired a particularly natty young soldier *br«In th# lot h# received and who gave iri* th# name of Prank Henderson of th# and Nineteenth ttltnotw It d* veloped that h** 'ti*1* thi# soldier wan a voting girl and that 1114,1oh *h# inlt;t h#r btnthet h id #tyH*t#d at th** **1sin breaking out of th# war in th# Kiev- *tM|fg* #nth 11H no la ly lt;I Th# pair were orphans and w#r# d#- Tlin- votot to #04 h other and all# could not TH,tult- h#ar th# thought of being •# pern ted ?uri ,y*4, from th# brother who had been her on- To•ia ly com nan ion from babyhood At th** th*lie* expiration of h#t enlistment for thr**# feai months In thin regiment ah# wrap mu*- hilt lUf- tered out and n#it enlist#d in »h# Third fult*v Illinois, where her sex w*i* not dlacov* oohah- er#d *nd In which regiment whe mate a »r II a moat eg reliant re* ord, h inn wound- A at!- #d In on# of th# imitagenenti *'•*itli# Dip waft again discharged ind wot! Itt ! -jo* home, only to reenllst in th# Ninety nth the rtn~ ItllmHw. serving in all the battles of wreri ' n#l O'lisra's regiment and finally lie!b#tn|r taken prisoner at Holly Hpritti* and%h* Th# airi netdise nraa taken to Atlanta. *lai .1 r•», On., where. In attempting to escsape, Thi ah# wan shot In th# l« g During her the old confinement in th# prison hospital her you*nd act wwa not dU»* overcd After recov- Inand erlng from th# wound Inflicted by th# 11 HU* prison guard ah# wm sent to lt;»r*yi*~ toft I toy villa, where she *m exchanged and h*rt to agent to her Illinois home thwmV Th# Brave Girl# K '*. theire# lrlmpa It* ail th# taies of war there r 4 could not In* found a uuu devoted in*, { ■ id#tit than that of the • nllatmcnt ofklr Muv k #m* at I un vi 11# I * Thi* u, n woman wanted to aecomi*tn) her bu*-tf!gf band to the war and share with him ^|. Its hardships and It# victories When \ fn •!'♦* H**c1 fully mad# up her mind *he rt# wellt to the eniiatlng officer, passedk of the examination and gave th# name i f r | John IBvwm ! bvor In the same t ompaiiy th# brave little winlop- woman mantled to the front with th# #«*n * he loved and wham fib# had » brtt■ ♦# rhd against th. w ish* *4 lt;»f her imi« nt*. II Mv, Hid# by tilde th# faithful pair fought and• nd until a hall from th# eu#m killed th# listrv* husband Kren here the heroic w»m* bro 4et« an did net forget heraelf and the part log in- wile was pUvttig in th« servb eft Aft#r th** the hushatui had been buried the sot- at di#r-wif# took up her imiftkct and sheman bed wdth her comrades Hut it Vot|. was only until the nett battiw. for *n «dui ,.tlt; this she wro# severely wounded ? ha, AM When she was aMe to i*e sent home thakrv# Sb# was discharged and on the pi|*#*s I n , 0g§ was written. A ttvor# faithful soldier ll#i will **v*f ahouWerwd a musket ” lhilt; k to f**rlt; I to ibr desolate bom# the brsft little wocts- lug the an went, and none too soon, far after b» U- - a few weeks there c tnte to comfort h#r uni the a bamWme little bov To this day thepe«»p4e In that IVtmsy Mania town *1“ iWm know and re-spect the Mary Owrena who T (*ew went to the war Inhalf Another girl who enhsted in a IVnn* *ui*sylvanta regiment was ‘tTtarioo Mar- 1 tin/4 a arcely more than 11 Hhe went wmi to the front a# a drummer bev and wa* at a universal favorite with offnera and **•*y men. Not #Wo of thom ever swapeetwd ^ her aes and it was sat until after m# f si month* wrhen she ess stricken with tf foe and sent to a hospital in PhiU- mhfieiphia. that it w CS kn*»«n that ?h Pnlt;f j fair drummer boy was fit truth and In J® ftu t • girl. Km wr* *h lawry woe nvide and the mr.nent notified ev . Ki L wry effort woo made to have her come f'nki k vnd lake up her drum, hut rela-ttv*s Interfered and «h# wa« barred to remain homea wi#♦1Paulirt Cuahfwgn § Career,M.es Major IHsJtiu Cushman was on# of the beet known federal «cw*t»! reeaud spies, and retdeted ttawt cawUen; I hottomaum
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Sat, Dec 27, 1902
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