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I rom (he 7«(li Ke^imeiil— Another Ai my story.[From the H c.viinl I'r • u n-.JMurfreesboro, Tens , April 2, 't;3 Dear Tribune: — One of the strangest circumstances since tl.o commencement of the rebellion was revealed to this army Ibis morning. I will relate the story asw— •*it was told to me by good authority, with plenty of witnesses: A soldier belongingto tue 1 Oth Wisconsin, in this Army, entered the service of his country when the war commenced anti owing to his good qualities was promoted from a private tothat of Orderly Sergeant, and always at-* . »tended to his various duties with promptitude ami care—and nothing out of the way was discovered of him until early this morning, when lo. behold he gave birth to a large b-^v. It was then diseov • ercd that • he” was a ft-male. This lady as I sai l before, V.as been in the war fore more than two years; and she disguised hei'df So perfectly that no person mistrusted her for a \male. She was in the battle of Shiloh, Corinth and Murfreesboro. It seems vtry stran;; - that a woman could endure the har-i-hips ot a soldier, and especially go into one of the bloodiest battles of tire v tr, that hasted for stvon days, I think it w-uid he just and right lo appoint her boy a Captain in the regular array—its commission to dale fram the time of its birth, for i- certainly ought to have fitm fighting qualities.Yours trulv.ED. \V. FREEMAN.We think Ed. is mistaken in at least one count. He says no one has suspected this soldier of being a femsle. It striks us that the tent-born boy’s pateral relative must have had a pretty strong suspicion.— Ed. Tribune.
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Logansport Journal
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sat, May 09, 1863
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