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Aw ExHinmon—Oa Saturday, Min ldary E Walker, torfeotrta* of tin Yankee army, and ft prisoner in Caati* Ttmndcr, bearic* that lb* !ia* of truce bad coae up to City Fatal, »pp!jod to Geo Winder (or p*rmt**toQ to be tn-eiaded *afeon{ Use list af olBeer* and turf con* to be *©ni away in return /or lb a** %af our offi cart mud men received. The pr'rui*a:on, so Ur asfftiiMMad • viri\ to Gee Winder’* oce. wft* granted. nod *he walked up in costume, under k* win* of Detective Folks*. A tfreat I crowd iftil in b«r tram and brought up her rear, •ran to lha headquarter* of Gen. Winder. dirk-ruing tbs door* and window* after her advent iaU the auf o»l pretence of Lbo geooral She pretested bnr application for an oxshange; ax-K'oad bar delicate petition in the it fa*: terms bad joined Ore army rrws the dictate* of common humanity, not from any mcreetmj motive, and wbao arroated. waa arretted open central ground.(f. tL Winder—Natural ground. madam ? neutral ground f Thare a no such grccud in the SoueWn Confederacy.SurgeooeM—I am a woman,- and. of eoate*, Gacorn!. yon won't hold, me amenable lor me dead* of men Gen. Winder—A woman—a woman i What di you cum* here in this |mj for 1 Get back into a frock iben. and conduct yoo/eoif Ilka a dmunft woman.The application of the male mi* wax refused, and the waa feci back to Ike eaetle. reflecting ou tke uncertainly of ail hum in cakublieoe.F* C*. -
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Memphis Daily Appeal

Memphis, Tennessee, US

Thu, May 12, 1864

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