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Axothf.h Fp.mvt.h Sor.mt'fi—Lizzie '-Compton. a bright youug lady of sixteen, arrived in the city yesterday from Bards- f to wo, where she had been encamped with ; her regiment, 11th Kentucky Cavalry, of t which she has been a member for several { mouths p»\gL Her history, during the past j eighteen months, is s trim ire anil romantic. ^ She has served in seven different regiments, and participated in several battles. At Fredericksburg she was seriously wounded Lint recovered, arid followed the* fortunes of i ; war, which ca^t her horn the Army uf the ! | Potomac to the Army of Cumberland. ! j She fought tn the battle of Gieoi: River Bildge, on die Forirth if duly Inst, nnd TO* ecived a wound which disabled her for a short time. She has been discovered and lt;4mustered out of the service seven or eight j times, ifcit immediately re-enlisted to anotherfegimCDt, She states that her home is in London, Canada West, and that her parents are now living in that plaee. This young i girl bus served » term of eighteen months J in the anuy, and, were it not th.iL she dreads \ the annoyance- of being detected ami must- \ tired out. she w^tild enter the service again, I 1I |She was scut ro this city by the officerin Command at ];udluwu to he again zmiH-i Itcrcu out, and is now at Barrack No. 1, awaiting orders,—Louisville Journal. \
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Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Jan 05, 1864
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