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NUMBER 18.bk*8WftVInclt A Gallant Female Soldier—Romanj a lienlie History.Anigliof*redtheris-rni.didtin-avcKiryim,rec-ihly?lit,-fa-iindPacovainbutmi -in 1 very ta ini by a only wlioiandroni Doctor Mary K. Walker, who is well lates nod known to many of our citizens, writes us diddgc ! froin Chattanooga an account of a singu- ; rccc ; lar case of female martini spirit and pat- j **:itk mm | riotic devotion to the flag, ivid Frances Hook’s parents died when sho the was only three pars old, and left her,•ead with a brother, in Chicago, Illinois. Soon po after the war commenced she and her ally brother enlisted in the Sixty-fith “Home hut Guards,“ Frances assuming the name of och ’‘Frank Miller.” She served tliree months isod and was mustered out, without the slightest suspicion of her sex having arisen.—She then enlisted in the Nineteenth Illinois, and was taken prisoner in a battle near Chattanooga. She attempted to es-cape and was shot through the calf of one of her limbs, while said limbs were doing their duty in the attempt. The relxds searched her person for papers and discovered her sex. The rascals respected her as a woman, and gave her a separate Hu’, i room while in prison at Atlanta, Georgia. During her captivity she received a lot-gmnseenanstruianglt;the he c jumThisdoze take lea p selfter from Jeff. Davis, oiTcring her a Lieu- i jumtenants commission if sho would enlist in their army. She had no home and no relatives, but she said she preferred to light as a private *}mn be honored with acomission from the rebs About two weeks openowtwowhetneup ItCIIyu rev-f‘iugboset-’ thehavherlam1fastovctheis ?’* onilly-har-I ofcamago she was exchanged. The insurgents tried to extort from her a promise that she would go home and not enter the service again. Go home!” she said; “my brother was killed at Pittsburg Landing, and 1 have no home—no friends!”Dr. Walker describes Frank as of_____about medium height, with dark hazed ; dot eyes, dark brown hair, rounded features, ! tav and feminine voice and appearance. Dr.W. is well versed in human nature, as well as anatomy, and she believes that justice to the young woman in question requires that she should be commissioned a Lieutenant in the army. The doctor also argues that Congress should assign | 'women to duty in the army, with conipen- I ter sat ion, as well as colored men, averring ' tioi that patriotism has nosex. Whether the of-President will commission Miss Hook as Th a Lieutenant, or Congress will draft Mrs. the Walker’s countrywomen into the service we know not, but we are certain that thedondovriotPrlt;sat“Doctor” is thoroughly iri earnest, and strthat the story of her new protege is anmeatcr interesting one. * 0f
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Cumberland Civilian and Telegraph
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Thu, May 05, 1864
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