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whktheflVf*♦heIn ! mik_ ] fi»rnservice to ih. r»v«*rnwtii Bhe wan an ^ ^ tactress *it i he beginning of boetlllth* ind while playing at Louuville ar- w’ri1 by the federal authorities be- wlni fauit.* tt w is believed that ahe w 4* in 1*4.0 the employ of th»* south This th** lit- tlf t tif* woman vehem - My denied, an! when tskcd to irover her loyalty by receiving an appointment *n the secret service she consented, anyAfter *hort trial In w**rk which re- He quired ilierr* tlon and tat *he wan a*- olt; lt;m ntaned to General iumeor.ua Time and lt;j#rie again aha visited th.* enemy's line*and Mi l dll herself familiar with all the roads In 1 number of southern state*. Tt Miss Major I'ushm.m * .lt; * made a prU- whil «.m I v\ I e I ut 111 anaa*'d t » ea «| € w lt.h ^ X)out alvlna away any of the secrets in*t f ueted to tier by the federal government. Juft after Naahville was tak^a * |Htlie Httle woman wan captured while the making a trip near 'hat ctt Igllt) eht managed to . ape, only to be re- Woiraptured the following morning They Mew held to her this time and found in her ores garter* pu.pern which pmvel conclu- M«»ssively that ahe was a scout and spy. rMr*Arrangement* were being made to bang her when the union fore** ^marched Into the ••« *•* si on town ant bi’*“took possession. In the war depart- H *ment there arv a number of pipers '°°l tout htng the s)ilrndl(l gervlue* of Mien ^Pauline Cushman 1 *°nd 1 nAn IM»nom Woman. i H**iiMm. Reynold*. eif* of t'Mptaln Hey- Influids, company A. Seventeenth Illinois pnti regiment, nlt;•» ompunieti her husband dar through almost the einlre runpaJgn. star There wan never a time when the heroic l« o and aut Hieing little woman flinched or any hesitated hi time of battle or on long bat march* *. un the tu id after battle *he wogwent about ministering to the sick, eith wounded arid dying, and wag frequent- strrll calk'd the angel of th** regiment. the*The husband frequently ta gged her mar not to brave the hardships, but to return to her hom* and await the victory.To all this she mad# the simple reply thst where duty railed her she did not fear nor dread to go The governor ofIllinois. Yates, heating of th** wonder-fui Oddity and davwtSnn of Mrs Ray-nohls. presented h**r a commission *•*a major In the army.A girl who fnUed to go to the warwas o» living ill Haltimonv !*he fell In love with a soldier names Clapp of the Hevooth Maine regiment while th* y **** were encampefi near that city She vis* itetd the camp so often that the » «pis 1 and floksiil finally told Clapp thst if he m ish*Hl to marry her h# might do *«*This he Willingly Jumped at and After the (wremony hy the chaplain th-young couple went to housekeeping In h tent set apart tor them However, th.* young wife became distasteful to of fliers and men. and j*er-hips to the husband and under pretextthat lt;Tapp was going to b*‘ shipped on board .* vessel ahe w*« sent U*. k tothe city Tliis did not work, and Just before th** regiment was ready to moveMrs Cl * 1 1 sho I ui it the .amp infull regulation uniform and swore she was going to the front with “hubby**She didn't go. hut was gent over toWw*hit»g1rei » 1 h* -eeiment w«111 *mlaway * th* -t • - •CnMited at Fourteen.••FVank Miller was th** name taken forhv PYanceg Hook* a 14**year-old gttl. thir who enlisted with her brother at Chi- hyr cage The pair took up their fortune wot latth the Pigty-flfth, known as th- h* lln rd They e ved three months Kand w**re rnusterod ottt Again they en- I^elisted in the Ktaateenth Illinois and the kno brother was kilted at Pittsburg I.and- si*, big The devoted sister remained in *ralthe regiment and did her duty until is iat the buUle near Chattanooga, when fi Ishe was taken prisoner. 3n aWhile attempting to eg. ape she was pw alwit fhrough the leg and it was then t * that her sex was liastertd It Is s«ild moithat while she was a prisoner In At* P*n I nta Jeffrrmm t *\is offered her a r • b lieutenancy If she motVd Join the rebel of j forces, and !his offer she .t#lt; llrn^l say- b^e* It g that she had kart her only bmther 1In fighting for the preservation of the eff union and that shr would «uffe* hang- the Ing Itefore she would take up arms *t against the union MuI fThe bmther of axi Ohio gtrl enllated or in one cf th# regiment* and his deter- Is t m mat ton to fight for the flag was emu- oth lated by his younger sister, srho Knj man bed U«t with the Third Ohio Whllo gan at * amp Jalt; kaon and v'emp Penntson Het •he kandled lumber, performed sentry full duty etc u HI two week* before ahe frg learned that there wer* two « amp Den K nwiri and that her brother was at th* of 1other one Straightway she tn«d* ap~ whiplloatkm for a transfer but failed Khe and wanted to go to the Penn**ixasiia T Camp I keniwm. and she wanted to go rr-Kidlv «die of the *he gave latif*w asking f«r the transfer waa that she Icai «ante I to he wntt AmerhwM and that feel her own company waa «otnpoasd moetty mil«*f f^elgttera. Cobuyet M m.s talked a «i fto the girl for w»m# tlmr and finally T ni4.l*' h* r nnfews that *be a as fly tag butas under false colors. tt ut mart) terits .ceremony itfie w is d»em»«aod and siiit low at I borne —Wash.ngton £uur. Jar icietbeattVeaSfUprls on \ ent% eatriat«» to«««*siyeaIsniruinMuthe and a r
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Helena Independent
Helena, Montana, US
Sat, Dec 27, 1902
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