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A I’oiimiW • Soldier.During tin- time when the Mofifgorm ry Guards were recruiting their quota of tin u. « rather good looking young soldier presented himself under tin* name of Robert \\ i! on, and was enrolled on the list. I he soldier went to (’amp Jackson, and drilled there none eight lt;r ten u »vs, when they were ordere I Camp Dennison. On the arrival there, Wilson helped to carry the lumber ari l assisted In building the barracks, was on guard and did all the duties of a loldier with alacrity.On lust Saturday, Wilson went to Col. Morrow and wished tlt;• be change ! from the Company lie was iii- stating that an Arnori• ■ in company would suit him belter, as the major- t itv of the Montg-imr ry Guards were Irishmen. I Whilst talking to Wilson, the Colonel conceiv- n id the idea that the person addressing I nwas a female, and put this question : Are lull not a lt;man i he j« rsoii replied No, an I blushing, turned to leave him, when lie cud ! her baeit, and unbuttoning her red shirt, discovered that Ins suspicions were well founded. He ir. rin-iii itely ordered her under arrest, and she was broil dlt back to Columbus by S r., geant .Siephenson, ami she is now in the cry lt;prison, and ye-.stt-rd »y was still dressed in her in i e a!lire.
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Sat, May 25, 1861
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