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lier | assumed name) and gleaned the following•om incidents connected with her extraordinary w,‘ career during the past ten months: iuld *• ‘Frank’ was horn near Bristol, Pennsyl-JUT- vania, and her parents now reside in Alle-iug ghany City. Pennsylvania, where she hu itle- raised. They are highly respected people, hey and in very good circumstances. She was sent to the convent in Wheeling, Virginia, ere at twelve years of age, where she remained hat until the breaking out of the war, having ac-to rpiired superior education and all the arcoin-un- plishments of modem usage. She visited We home alter leaving the convent, and alter iers taking leave of her parents, proceeded to this uld city, in July last, with the design of enlisting cri- in the Seeo'nd Hast Tennessee cavalry, which rith she accomplished, and accompanied tlie ti*- Army of Uie Cumberland to Nashville. She was m the thickest of the fight at Murfrees-the boro, and was severely wounded in the he- shoulder, hut fought gallantly, and waded sti- Stone river into Murfreesboro on the memo-ing ralde Sunday on which our forces weredriv-the cn hack. She had her wound dressed, and ous here her sex was disclose*I, ami General nts HotwcrMis made acquainted with the fact in She was accordingly mustered out of service, glit notwithstanding her earnest entreaty to lie ern allowed to serve the cause she loved so well, iwt The General was very favorably impress'd lis- with h« r daring bravery, ami superintended led the arrangements for her sale trausmi»ion m to her parents. She left the army of the ter I'umbcrland resolved to enlist again in the •nr first regiment she met. When she arrived lt;ly at Bowling Green she found the Lighlh oe- Michigan there, and enlisted, since which ite, time she has been and is now counected with ler-1 it.hie 1 ‘‘She is represented as an excellent horse-Hr. man. and has been honored with the position rk- of regimental bugler in the regiment. She ter bus seen and endured all the privations and hardships incident to the life of a soldier, and gained an enviable reputation as a scout, having made several wonderful expeditions. Which were attended with signal success. Frank is only eighteen years of age. quite small, and a beautiful figure. She lias auburn hair, which she wears quite short, and large blue eyes, »eaming with brightness and intelligence. Her complexion is naturally very fair, though slightly bronzed at preseut from the effects of exposure, bhe is exceedingly pretty, and very amiable. I ler conversation denotes more than ordinary accomplishment, and, what is stranger than all, she appears\ a:hemttoirebym,gsicehetoat-ngityvery refined in her manners, giviug no evi' easwhkr * *deuce whatever of the rudeness which might naturally be expected from her late associations.xs l' i- ... *t..s .t.. u.s
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Middletown Whig Press
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Jun 10, 1863
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