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A Romantic Incident—Strango Insanity of a Femalo SoldierKroui th* Petrol I A-lferti *r.We have just been j ut in possession of the lacts of a sad cue ot monomania, which bai a terrible termination. A young lady re*i-. ding in Brooklyn. Y.t about 19 years of age, about a year since became inspired with I the idea that she was a --icond 22l 21 'lu! Joan of Arc alied by Providence to lead j I our armies to certain victory in Ibis contest. i ! The hallucination wa* a strong one, and a ; change of scene being suggested by .her pbv-sician, she was brought to AnnArhor, in this state. Her mama, however increased until it *a» found necessary t*» confine her to L**r apartment. She, however, succeeded in making her escape, came to this city and joined the drum corps of a Michigan regiment, her sex known only to herself, and succeeded in getting with her regiment to the airuy ot the Cumberland. How the poor girl survived the hardship of the Kentucky campaign, where strong men fell in numbers, must forever remain a mystery.The regiment to which she was attached ] had a place in the division of the gallant ! Van Cleve, and during the bloody battle of Lookout Mountain, the lair girl fell, pierced in the left side by a Minnie, and when borne I to the surgeon’s tent her sex was discovered 1 | 8he was toid by the surgeon that hor wound ! was mortal, and he advised her to give her name that her family might be informed of her fate. This she finally, though reluctant-j y, consented to do, and the colonel of the regiment, although suffering himself from a I painful wound, became interested in her be-half a ■« A v.^nna. i I L. A _ 1.1* 1
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Daily Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 01, 1864
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