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The war correspondent of (he Cincinnati Press, «riling Iroin Camp Dcnuison, the )endezvcms of the Ohio state troops, relates the following bit of the romanceof war:I come no«v to a bit of gossip which lias served for a time, to relieve the monotony of camp life. We have had a woman among us, a voluntary martyr in small clothes. A woman, who entered the seiviee with a vow never to lay down her arms, until they embraced the eor-potMliiy of a truant lover. He is a lucky in.in, wbo'e light moustache and winning ways ic in pled this gentle maiden from her peaceful home—a lucky Lien tenant, whose first name begins with a P. and a quiet member of the topographical engineers, sappers and miners. Ah, lucky P., sly votiny of mailml Mars. How could you stoim so defenseless a citadel? JIou could you pluck so t. rider a flower, only ' Co bear a«ay tha kavts that shadowed youthful purity? A woman in the camp: a giiiish soldier, with sparkling eyes and iaven hair! 2Cecd I teil you of the excitement, which followed this arnounce-ment? In the pocket of a curious gar- j rucnt, which conceals the beating of Lieut j
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Beaver Dam Argus
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 14, 1861
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